Dr Julie Reeves, has been involved with delivering skills training to researchers since 2005. Currently she is based at the University of Southampton where she designs, delivers and coordinates transferable skills training for early career researchers and research staff. Prior to this she was the Skills Training Manager, at the University of Manchester, for social science, arts and humanities postgraduate researchers, their supervisors and research staff. Her academic background is in politics and international relations, with degrees from the Universities of Kent and Southampton.
Julie is one of the key contributors to the RDF. She has contributed to Hinchcliffe, Bromley and Hutchinson eds. (2007), is a member of the CIPD and the SRHE, and is a co-convenor of the Postgraduate Issues Network (PIN) within the SRHE

Chapter 1. Why collaborate and engage with others?
Chapter 2. From small beginnings, what opportunities exist internally?
Chapter 3: How can doctoral and postdoctoral researchers engage externally?
Chapter 4. What are the benefits of collaborating and engaging?
Chapter 5. How can doctoral and postdoctoral researchers engage with the public?
Chapter 6. What can we learn from Public Engagement?
Chapter 7. What can we learn from Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs) and Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs)?
Chapter 8. How can networks of trust be built and why do they matter?
Chapter 9. How can you initiate collaboration and wider engagement?
Chapter 10. How can resistance be dealt with?
Chapter 11. Following up and moving on: Concluding thoughts