Department of Engineering course timetable
Tuesday 27 June 2017
09:30 |
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:
Topics covered:
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Wednesday 5 July 2017
11:00 |
This session is for all those new to supervising in the Department of Engineering who took the supervisor training sessions we ran in the current academic year ( 2016-17). Come along and share your experiences of actually supervising. What did you struggle with? What did you find useful? Any tips that would be useful to share? Is there more the Department could provide to help you get started with supervising? Dr Alexandre Kabla and Sue Jackson will be leading the session. Do come along, contribute and hear what everyone has to say. |
Tuesday 26 September 2017
13:00 |
Postdoc mentoring training, organised by the Engineering Department Postdoc Committee (EDPC). |
Monday 2 October 2017
13:30 |
Welcome to the Department of Engineering Library! We will give you a quick introduction to the print and electronic resources that are available to you in the different libraries in Cambridge. We will also give you an idea of some of the topics we can help with, from literature searching and referencing to Open Access and more. |
Tuesday 3 October 2017
09:30 |
Introduction to the support and resources available to Ultraprecision MRes and CDT students at Cambridge, including where to search, how to manage references and making sense of Cambridge libraries. |
Wednesday 4 October 2017
13:30 |
Welcome to the Department of Engineering Library! We will give you a quick introduction to the print and electronic resources that are available to you in the different libraries in Cambridge. We will also give you an idea of some of the topics we can help with, from literature searching and referencing to Open Access and more. |
Thursday 5 October 2017
13:30 |
Welcome to the Department of Engineering Library! We will give you a quick introduction to the print and electronic resources that are available to you in the different libraries in Cambridge. We will also give you an idea of some of the topics we can help with, from literature searching and referencing to Open Access and more. |
Friday 6 October 2017
11:00 |
Graphene Centre |
13:00 |
Postdoc mentoring training, organised by the Engineering Department Postdoc Committee (EDPC). |
13:30 |
Welcome to the Department of Engineering Library! We will give you a quick introduction to the print and electronic resources that are available to you in the different libraries in Cambridge. We will also give you an idea of some of the topics we can help with, from literature searching and referencing to Open Access and more. |
14:00 |
GTA4 Searching the Literature
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Monday 9 October 2017
13:30 |
Welcome to the Department of Engineering Library! We will give you a quick introduction to the print and electronic resources that are available to you in the different libraries in Cambridge. We will also give you an idea of some of the topics we can help with, from literature searching and referencing to Open Access and more. |
Tuesday 10 October 2017
09:00 |
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13:30 |
Welcome to the Department of Engineering Library! We will give you a quick introduction to the print and electronic resources that are available to you in the different libraries in Cambridge. We will also give you an idea of some of the topics we can help with, from literature searching and referencing to Open Access and more. |
15:30 |
This session will help prepare you to begin your first literature review for your PhD. You will learn how to search for sources in your discipline, how to save your references and how to stay up to date. The following topics will be covered:
If you are already comfortable with these, you might consider taking Information Skills 1B instead, which covers troubleshooting searches when you get stuck, knowing when to stop searching, notetaking and critical reading. Please bring a laptop or other web-enabled device with you to the session. A handout for the session is available on Moodle if you would like to bring it with you, but it is not necessary. |
Wednesday 11 October 2017
13:30 |
Welcome to the Department of Engineering Library! We will give you a quick introduction to the print and electronic resources that are available to you in the different libraries in Cambridge. We will also give you an idea of some of the topics we can help with, from literature searching and referencing to Open Access and more. |
Thursday 12 October 2017
13:00 |
Come along to a one to one session where we will talk you through the process of designing and performing a presentation of your work. We will ask you to book a follow up session where you present something to us in a safe space using the tips and techniques discussed in the one to one and we will offer feedback. These sessions are tailored to you and we will cover the issues that are most important to you. Come with all of your questions. By the end of the sessions you will be more confidant on:
Please email any questions to cued-library@eng.cam.ac.uk |
13:30 |
Welcome to the Department of Engineering Library! We will give you a quick introduction to the print and electronic resources that are available to you in the different libraries in Cambridge. We will also give you an idea of some of the topics we can help with, from literature searching and referencing to Open Access and more. |
Friday 13 October 2017
09:30 |
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11:00 |
This session will help prepare you to begin your first literature review for your PhD. You will learn how to search for sources in your discipline, how to save your references and how to stay up to date. The following topics will be covered:
If you are already comfortable with these, you might consider taking Information Skills 1B instead, which covers troubleshooting searches when you get stuck, knowing when to stop searching, notetaking and critical reading. Please bring a laptop or other web-enabled device with you to the session. A handout for the session is available on Moodle if you would like to bring it with you, but it is not necessary. |
13:30 |
Welcome to the Department of Engineering Library! We will give you a quick introduction to the print and electronic resources that are available to you in the different libraries in Cambridge. We will also give you an idea of some of the topics we can help with, from literature searching and referencing to Open Access and more. |
14:00 |
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Monday 16 October 2017
14:45 |
This session will help prepare you to begin your first literature review for your PhD. You will learn how to search for sources in your discipline, how to save your references and how to stay up to date. The following topics will be covered:
If you are already comfortable with these, you might consider taking Information Skills 1B instead, which covers troubleshooting searches when you get stuck, knowing when to stop searching, notetaking and critical reading. Please bring a laptop or other web-enabled device with you to the session. A handout for the session is available on Moodle if you would like to bring it with you, but it is not necessary. |
Friday 20 October 2017
13:00 |
This session will look at ways to plan your 4th year project, how and where to conduct a literature review, and include tips on how to manage the information you gather. We will focus particularly on the electronic resources available to you over the long vacation and on support provided by the Department of Engineering Library. To get the most out of this session, please bring your own laptop. |
14:15 |
This session will help prepare you to begin your first literature review for your PhD. You will learn how to search for sources in your discipline, how to save your references and how to stay up to date. The following topics will be covered:
If you are already comfortable with these, you might consider taking Information Skills 1B instead, which covers troubleshooting searches when you get stuck, knowing when to stop searching, notetaking and critical reading. Please bring a laptop or other web-enabled device with you to the session. A handout for the session is available on Moodle if you would like to bring it with you, but it is not necessary. |