Services - AGILE Research Ltd.

Research Training | Research Training Resources | Research Consulting

Assessment of research training needs for teams, departments and organisations
Design (ideally co-design) and delivery of customised research and project management training
Providing research project management training to academic institutions, government organisations and businesses
Providing Compass Guide Research Training resources
Advising on research project and programme management and strategy
Coaching on writing research grant applications

Our clients

Our research and project management training and services meet the needs of a range of clients – from universities, faculties, research teams and students to small startups, large businesses and government departments.

Some of our clients are listed below:

University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
He Pou a Rangi Climate Change Commission, Wellington, New Zealand
New Zealand Association for Training and Development, New Zealand
Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, Spain
Universitat de Vic – Universitat Central de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
and more…

Compass Guide books are reaching a growing number of individuals, institutions and countries across Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and Oceania.

We currently offer our products and services in English and Spanish. Some of our Compass Guide books are also available in Chinese and Portuguese.

Selected Testimonials

I enjoyed the project management workshop; it was pitched at the right level for PhD candidates and was well received by them. It was exactly what we were after for an introduction/setting the stage for PhD candidates into managing research. The delivery style was inclusive, interactive and engaging with participants able to easily ask their questions. Thank you.

– Simon Martin, BA(Hons) PGDip MMgt PhD, Doctoral Experience Lead, School of Graduate Studies, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

I think the initial course and this condensed version have been incredibly valuable. It was clearly seen as useful at the organisation judging by the uptake (particularly the second course, as word filtered out about the first course). Thanks so much for running these and tailoring them specifically to the needs of the organisation and participants.

– Martin Dutton, Manager, Reports – Deliver, He Pou a Rangi Climate Change Commission, Wellington, New Zealand

Le escribo para darle las gracias por su curso, fue una elección valiosa para mi formación. Un curso excelente y tuve suerte de haberlo tomado. Valoro todo lo que vi, espero ahora que se vea reflejado en los ajustes a mi proyecto. La metáfora del viaje ayudó mucho a vivir cada sesión.

English translation: “I’m writing to thank you for your course; it was a valuable choice for my training. It was an excellent course, and I was lucky to have taken it. I value everything I saw; I hope it’s reflected in the adjustments to my project. The journey metaphor really helped me experience each session.”

– María Angélica Carrillo Español, estudiante de doctorado, Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de Granada, Granada, España

Želim da Vam se zahvalim na divnim predavanjima i dobroj energiji, znanju i ljubavlju kojom ste nas obasjali tokom svojih izlaganja u Novom Sadu. Toliki naboj dobrih vibracija nisam skoro osetila. […] Vaša izlaganja su me podstakli kao ni jedna knjiga koju sam do sada pročitala na brojna razmišljanja i probudila brojne emocije i želje. […] Nikada do sada nisam prisustvovala takvoj prezentaciji gde je svaki slajd, svaka rečenica nosila snažnu pouku i emociju. Blago studentima kojima ste Vi mentor i zvezda vodilja.

Translated in English: I want to thank you for the wonderful lectures and the good energy, knowledge and love with which you enlightened us during your presentations in Novi Sad. I have not felt such a charge of good vibrations for a while. […] Like no other book I have read so far, your presentations evoked in me many thoughts and awakened many emotions and desires. […] Until now, I have never attended such a presentation where every slide, every sentence carried a strong lesson and emotion. Blessed are the students who you mentor and serve as their guiding star.
Assistant Professor Svetlana Bačkalić, Department of Traffic Engineering, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

Wonderful session today, thank you so much. I could tell my team were fizzing with ideas and loving the research and your presentation style so again a huge thank you for giving us your time. We are planning a follow up session within our team to discuss next steps moving forward so hopefully we will be able to bring you back into the conversation at some point, it’s an amazing opportunity for us and our district and a very opportune time for us to be thinking about these things as we plan what our network will look like for the next few decades. Hope you enjoyed the session as much as we did and I look forward to continuing our relationship moving forward.
Hannah Wolfreys, Let’s Go Programme Advisor, New Plymouth District Council, New Plymouth, New Zealand

I thoroughly enjoyed your WIPM [Women in Project Management] event. Part of your presentation I really resonated with was around taking a moment to step back and reflect on your dreams, realign and reimagine your future. So powerful! 😊
Holly Singh, Assistant Project Manager, Beca, New Zealand