Researcher Development Programme (RDP) course timetable

All bookings for this event are registered through the GRADschool website please do not use the "Register my Interest" link via this website. For more details please see How To Apply below.

GRADschool is a three-day residential course for research students who are either in the middle or coming to the end of their PhDs and wondering, ‘What next?’ The course gives you a rare chance to put to one side work and other daily distractions, in order to focus on your personal learning and development. This is achieved through a balance of case studies led by our expert Tutor Team, work in small groups, and the opportunity for individual reflection. Our focus is your skills, motivations, and priorities – things like self-awareness, leadership, working with others, professional impact, employability, and career management.

Our objectives for you at GRADschool are that you will:

• Build awareness of your skills, motivations, and priorities.
• Explore teamwork by understanding differences in how we work with, and impact upon, others.
• Enhance your professional impact and employability.

For detailed information about course, please visit the GRADschool website

By completing an application you are committing to attend the full three day residential GRADschool if your appliction is accepted

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS FRIDAY 9TH AUGUST 2013

NO CANCELLATIONS OF PLACES WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER FRIDAY 27 AUGUST 2013

All bookings for this event are registered through the GRADschool website please do not use the "Register my Interest" link via this website. For more details please see How To Apply below.

GRADschool is a three-day residential course for research students who are either in the middle or coming to the end of their PhDs and wondering, ‘What next?’ The course gives you a rare chance to put to one side work and other daily distractions, in order to focus on your personal learning and development. This is achieved through a balance of case studies led by our expert Tutor Team, work in small groups, and the opportunity for individual reflection. Our focus is your skills, motivations, and priorities – things like self-awareness, leadership, working with others, professional impact, employability, and career management.

Our objectives for you at GRADschool are that you will:

• Build awareness of your skills, motivations, and priorities.
• Explore teamwork by understanding differences in how we work with, and impact upon, others.
• Enhance your professional impact and employability.

For detailed information about course, please visit the GRADschool website

By completing an application you are committing to attend the full three day residential GRADschool if your appliction is accepted

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS FRIDAY 9TH AUGUST 2013

NO CANCELLATIONS OF PLACES WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER FRIDAY 27 AUGUST 2013

This workshop will examine how you can make the most of conferences as an environment to strategically network and build research connections. “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know” is an old cliché, but it’s particularly true in research where over (reportedly) 90% of jobs go to a candidate who is already known to the employer prior to the recruitment process.

***Please note change of date and venue***

“Your Research Message” will explore how research ideas can be translated and discussed in the public domain, using storytelling as one tool for organising a structured research narrative. It will combine theory with practical group and individual activities as preparation for face-to-face or media communication.

This workshop will allow you to explore issues in teaching and learning in supervisions through a series of group activities and discussions. Amongst other things, you will be given the opportunity to explore methods of dealing with common supervision scenarios, encouraging student participation and providing effective feedback to students.

Please Note: this version of the course focuses on undergraduate supervisions that are largely essay writing orientated.

“Your Research Video” is a two-part course for researchers to make their own short film after reviewing existing material. This course will signpost video hosting websites and discuss how online video can feed into social media platforms. Delegates will explore key filmmaking techniques and will see how very low-budget short films can create excitement and generate live, online text or video based discussion. Delegates will be given a week to prepare material for edit using iMovie in the second session.

Attendance at both sessions is compulsory.

Managing a project, such as your research project, is a key skill in being an effective researcher. Yet project management is often poorly understood, which in turn can lead to projects running out of time and money and overworking people.

This course comprises a blend of an online component and a face-to-face session.

The online component is provided through Cambridge’s innovative ‘Goal-Based Learning System’. It equips you with both foundational information you need to increase your knowledge of project management and goals for you to work through, so you can apply and embed your learning. Goals include:

• Plan your project
• Implementing your project
• Define your project
• Manage yourself effectively
• Run effective project meetings
• Identify and manage risks to your project
• Work well with others
• Cope when things go wrong
• Close a project

Accompanying videos of Cambridge staff and researchers provide insights into the processes involved in project management.

The face to face session gives you the opportunity to build on your learning from the online component. Working with others, you will identify options and strategies to help move your project forward and consider solutions to problems you may have encountered.

This workshop will allow you to explore issues in teaching and learning in supervisions through a series of group activities and discussions. Amongst other things, you will be given the opportunity to explore methods of dealing with common supervision scenarios, encouraging student participation and providing effective feedback to students.

You’ve arrived at Cambridge to begin your PhD but what’s it all about? How do you actually make a start? What is the process you will have to go through to achieve your goals? Are there specific requirements? What can you expect from your supervisor and how do you establish good working relationships within your department and beyond? Who manages your project? What do you want out of the PhD experience?

These and many other questions will be discussed and the experience of others shared. Beginning a PhD can be a daunting experience, for many people it is the transition from being taught as an individual to having responsibility for your workload and deadlines. Whether you have just completed your undergraduate degree/masters or you are returning to university from the world of work, this workshop aims to dispel some of the mysteries of the PhD process and give you practical advice about how to make the most of every aspect of the experience.

This introductory workshop will examine the processes of preparing and giving lectures. It will encourage you to consider what makes a good lecture and what lecturing is for. The workshop is interactive: it is a chance to exchange experiences and ideas with peers and to think of feedback and evaluation.

*Please note that this course is not aimed at PhD students*

It’s that time of year, the report is looming on the horizon and the reality of writing is here!

Aimed at 1st year PhD students this course is designed to get you thinking and working effectively on your end of first year report/CPGS. 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 half day session.

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? This course gives you the chance to find out the answer to all these questions and more. It is also your chance to have input into the types of training you would like to spend your time on and speak to the people who could help develop them.

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? This course gives you the chance to find out the answer to all these questions and more. It is also your chance to have input into the types of training you would like to spend your time on and speak to the people who could help develop them.

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? This course gives you the chance to find out the answer to all these questions and more. It is also your chance to have input into the types of training you would like to spend your time on and speak to the people who could help develop them.

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? This course gives you the chance to find out the answer to all these questions and more. It is also your chance to have input into the types of training you would like to spend your time on and speak to the people who could help develop them.

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? This course gives you the chance to find out the answer to all these questions and more. It is also your chance to have input into the types of training you would like to spend your time on and speak to the people who could help develop them.

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? This course gives you the chance to find out the answer to all these questions and more. It is also your chance to have input into the types of training you would like to spend your time on and speak to the people who could help develop them.

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? This course gives you the chance to find out the answer to all these questions and more. It is also your chance to have input into the types of training you would like to spend your time on and speak to the people who could help develop them.

This course is aimed at those who would like guidance on how to demonstrate effectively in practical sessions run in Life Sciences. It is available to those who are new to demonstrating or just want to brush up their skills. How are practicals run? What makes a good demonstrator? How do you get the most out of the students during their practical? What is the purpose of a practical? Find out the answer to these questions and more.

You’ve arrived at Cambridge to begin your PhD but what’s it all about? How do you actually make a start? What is the process you will have to go through to achieve your goals? Are there specific requirements? What can you expect from your supervisor and how do you establish good working relationships within your department and beyond? Who manages your project? What do you want out of the PhD experience?

These and many other questions will be discussed and the experience of others shared. Beginning a PhD can be a daunting experience, for many people it is the transition from being taught as an individual to having responsibility for your workload and deadlines. Whether you have just completed your undergraduate degree/masters or you are returning to university from the world of work, this workshop aims to dispel some of the mysteries of the PhD process and give you practical advice about how to make the most of every aspect of the experience.

You’ve arrived at Cambridge to begin your PhD but what’s it all about? How do you actually make a start? What is the process you will have to go through to achieve your goals? Are there specific requirements? What can you expect from your supervisor and how do you establish good working relationships within your department and beyond? Who manages your project? What do you want out of the PhD experience?

These and many other questions will be discussed and the experience of others shared. Beginning a PhD can be a daunting experience, for many people it is the transition from being taught as an individual to having responsibility for your workload and deadlines. Whether you have just completed your undergraduate degree/masters or you are returning to university from the world of work, this workshop aims to dispel some of the mysteries of the PhD process and give you practical advice about how to make the most of every aspect of the experience.

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? This course gives you the chance to find out the answer to all these questions and more. It is also your chance to have input into the types of training you would like to spend your time on and speak to the people who could help develop them.

This workshop will allow you to explore issues in teaching and learning in supervisions through a series of group activities and discussions. Amongst other things, you will be given the opportunity to explore methods of dealing with common supervision scenarios, encouraging student participation and providing effective feedback to students.

Please Note: this version of the course focuses on undergraduate supervisions that are largely essay writing orientated.

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? This course gives you the chance to find out the answer to all these questions and more. It is also your chance to have input into the types of training you would like to spend your time on and speak to the people who could help develop them.

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? This course gives you the chance to find out the answer to all these questions and more. It is also your chance to have input into the types of training you would like to spend your time on and speak to the people who could help develop them.

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? This course gives you the chance to find out the answer to all these questions and more. It is also your chance to have input into the types of training you would like to spend your time on and speak to the people who could help develop them.

This introductory workshop examines the processes of preparing and giving lectures. It will encourage you to consider what makes a good lecture and what lecturing is for. The workshop is interactive: it is divided into two parts and begins with a presentation by an experienced lecturer after which you will have the opportunity to exchange experiences and ideas with peers.

*Please note that this course is not aimed at PhD students*