We design and deliver customised courses, workshops and seminars based on clients’ needs and give presentations at conferences. We currently offer all our activities in English and Spanish.

Contact us to discuss your needs and how we can help you and your organisation to unlock your research potential.

Compass Guide Courses

Check out the details of the three example courses presented in this section and information about our online course recently delivered in Spanish. Note: Specific course objectives and course formats presented in the examples below are suggested options only. Offered courses will be customised based on clients’ needs.

Journey from Research Questions to Reports and Presentations

Course objective: To help individuals navigate the research process and prepare high quality research reports and presentations

Course flyer in English

Folleto del curso en español

How to Plan Your Research Project

Course objective: To provide step-by-step guidance for planning research projects and developing a detailed project plan

Course flyer in English

Folleto del curso en español

Supercharge Your Supervision of Student Research Projects

Course objective: To improve competence, confidence and effectiveness of academic supervisors of student research projects

Course flyer in English

Folleto del curso en español

Our recently delivered course: “Superpowers to Optimize and Operationalize the Supervision of Bachelor’s and Master’s Thesis Projects”

From left to right: Dr Yaira Barranco-Ruiz, Professor Palma Chillón and Dr Sandra Mandic

Dr Mandic designed and taught a 3.5-week online course in Spanish to 30+ academics at University of Granada (Granada, Spain) in May 2024. This innovative course was delivered in collaboration with the University of Granada academics, Dr Yaira Barranco-Ruiz and Professor Palma Chillón. Participants’ feedback was overwhelmingly positive. The course was funded by Vicerrectorado de Calidad, Innovación Docente y Estudios de Grado, University of Granada.


Our Workshops and Seminars

This section contains several examples of workshops and seminars that we have delivered to various audiences from different sectors.

Check out our Catalogue 2024 for additional examples of workshops and seminar that we offer. All our workshops and seminars are custom-designed and delivered based on clients’ needs.

Secrets of Successful Cross-Sector Collaboration (seminar)

Wellington Regional Leadership Committee – Thought Leadership Series, Wellington, New Zealand

Helping Students Navigate Their Postgraduate Research Journey (workshop)

Full day workshop for an academic delegation from Shihezi University, China

Achieving Research Programme Success: The Power of Vision, Teamwork and Research Project Management

Centre for Sustainability, Dunedin, New Zealand

Using Agile Project Management to Lead a Multidisciplinary Research Programme: A Real World Example (seminar)

Project Management Institute Sweden Chapter, Stockholm, Sweden

How to Plan Your Research Project: A Research Proposal versus a Project Plan (workshop)

Centre for Sustainability, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

How to Deliver Your Research Outputs (seminar)

LIKES Research Centre, Jamk University of Applied Sciences, Jyväskylä, Finland

Conference contributions

We also consider invitations to deliver conference presentations and workshops in the areas of research training, research project management and career development.

Using Agile Project Management in Academic Research (presentation)

New Zealand Project Management Conference 2024, Wellington, New Zealand

Following Your Dreams and Carving Your Professional Path – and Destiny (creative workshop)

PACO & PACA Symposium, Universidad Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, Spain

Contact us at agile.research.nz@gmail.com to discuss your needs and how we can help designing and delivering the training to meet your organisation’s goals.