Department of Engineering course timetable

Presenting for the first time or want to improve on what you have done before? This session will take you through some tips and tricks to help you plan and deliver a session professionally and well.

In this popular talk given by Prof. Tim Wilkinson, you will get all the essentials for understanding the full process of getting your papers published from submission to publication. Recommended for all graduates.

From what a technical report is, to how to write one, come along to this crash course and get your questions answered.

Please let us know of any burning issues and questions before the session on cued-library@eng.cam.ac.uk

This session, delivered by the Department's Library and Information Services, will focus on the literature search, helping you to develop a systematic search strategy and make best use of the print and electronic resources available to you. Please bring a laptop as you will have the opportunity to conduct some initial searching on platforms such as Web of Knowledge and Scopus and will learn how to keep up to date with current research throughout the course of their research project.

Open to all postgraduates and relevant particularly for all those PhD students in their first year who have not had this training as part of their RCC.

Why this course might make a difference:

This course is designed to equip participants with skills to finish their PhD successfully and move on to the next stage of their careers.

By the end of this course you will know:

• What are the PhD submission requirements and when the deadlines are
• How to be a (better) leader
• How to prepare and what to expect from your Viva
• How to do decide what to do next

Topics covered:

• PhD submission process
• Leadership: Skills and qualities of leaders
• Viva: What to expect and how to prepare
• Careers: How to do decide what to do, different career options

This presentation will give an overview of how to reference, why we have to reference (including how to avoid plagiarism), which styles you might like to choose, and introduce some handy software that can save you time and help you manage your references more easily.

Bring your lunch and any questions you already have!

This session will help students quickly and easily identify the information that will be of most value and relevance to their own research. It will also provide an introduction to referencing, reference management and avoiding plagiarism. By the end of the session, they will also have started to put together their own data management plan, addressing how they will organize, preserve and make their data available (or limit availability!) in accordance with funding requirements and ethical considerations.

Open to all postgraduates and relevant particularly for all those PhD students in their first year who have not had this training as part of their RCC.

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? What opportunities are available to you for personal and professional development, whilst at Cambridge University? This session gives you an opportunity to formulate and discuss your plans.

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? What opportunities are available to you for personal and professional development, whilst at Cambridge University? This session gives you an opportunity to formulate and discuss your plans.

Do you want to increase the probability of completing your PhD on time and be happier doing it? In this workshop, Dr Sue Jackson will share and discuss these 'secrets' which the aim of allowing you to reflect on what you can easily do to help yourself achieve this aim. If you haven't already been to this workshop as part of your RCC, do come along.

Aimed at 1st year PhD students this course is designed to get you thinking and working effectively on your end of first year report. How do you start? What’s expected? How do you make it work for you? These and many other important questions, hints and tips will be addressed in this session.

This session will take students through the nuts and bolts of putting together journal articles and conference posters as well as managing their online profiles and tracking the impact of their research. It will give an overview of the peer review process and help students meet their funder Open access and research data requirements. This session deliberately excludes subject-specific advice such as which journal or conferences to choose, which is more appropriately provided by supervisors. It will however highlight resources such as Sherpa/Romeo and journal impact factors that provide information that may help reach these decisions.

Open to all postgraduates and relevant particularly for all those PhD students in their first year who have not had this training as part of their RCC.

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? What opportunities are available to you for personal and professional development, whilst at Cambridge University? This session gives you an opportunity to formulate and discuss your plans.

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? What opportunities are available to you for personal and professional development, whilst at Cambridge University? This session gives you an opportunity to formulate and discuss your plans.

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? What opportunities are available to you for personal and professional development, whilst at Cambridge University? This session gives you an opportunity to formulate and discuss your plans.

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? What opportunities are available to you for personal and professional development, whilst at Cambridge University? This session gives you an opportunity to formulate and discuss your plans.

This presentation will give an overview of how to reference, why we have to reference (including how to avoid plagiarism), which styles you might like to choose, and introduce some handy software that can save you time and help you manage your references more easily.

Bring your lunch and any questions you already have!

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? What opportunities are available to you for personal and professional development, whilst at Cambridge University? This session gives you an opportunity to formulate and discuss your plans.

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? What opportunities are available to you for personal and professional development, whilst at Cambridge University? This session gives you an opportunity to formulate and discuss your plans.

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? What opportunities are available to you for personal and professional development, whilst at Cambridge University? This session gives you an opportunity to formulate and discuss your plans.

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? What opportunities are available to you for personal and professional development, whilst at Cambridge University? This session gives you an opportunity to formulate and discuss your plans.

Postdoc mentoring training, organised by the Engineering Department Postdoc Committee (EDPC).

Aimed at 1st year PhD students this course is designed to get you thinking and working effectively on your end of first year report. How do you start? What’s expected? How do you make it work for you? These and many other important questions, hints and tips will be addressed in this session.

Postdoc mentoring training, organised by the Engineering Department Postdoc Committee (EDPC).