ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership course timetable
November 2019
| Tue 12 |
ESRC DTP: Building Your Professional Identity Through Multimedia - Week Two: Presenting Yourself
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This module comprises a series of six workshops based around a range of multimedia that will enable participants to build a professional identity both online and offline. By the end of this module, participants should have an actionable, usable portfolio.
This week focuses on presenting and public speaking, which you can adapt for elevator pitches, interviews, talks and way more. Come away from this module with some key tools on how to visually ensure you and your work are noticed. |
| Mon 18 |
First Year ESRC DTP Students Only Training and Engagement Day |
| Tue 19 |
This module comprises a series of six workshops based around a range of multimedia that will enable participants to build a professional identity both online and offline. By the end of this module, participants should have an actionable, usable portfolio.
How can you be effective using social media – learn key strategies around how to ensure you are noticed positively and explore all the different platforms and how they can be used appropriately for your research. Learn how to write a blog and how to set up your own web page, including: • How to find your online communities • Using free online resources that can make your social media much more efficient and effective • Learning the basics of online metrics |
| Mon 25 |
Training and Engagement Day For Second and Third Year ESRC DTP Students |
| Tue 26 |
ESRC DTP: Building Your Professional Identity Through Multimedia - Week Four: TV and Radio Part One
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This module comprises a series of six workshops based around a range of multimedia that will enable participants to build a professional identity both online and offline. By the end of this module, participants should have an actionable, usable portfolio.
Learn about how to deal with journalistic media, how to give an interview on radio or TV, or how to ensure what you provide for a national paper or similar is what you want to say! |
December 2019
| Tue 3 |
ESRC DTP: Building Your Professional Identity Through Multimedia - Week Five: TV and Radio Part Two
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This module comprises a series of six workshops based around a range of multimedia that will enable participants to build a professional identity both online and offline. By the end of this module, participants should have an actionable, usable portfolio.
This is the practical to the previous week’s session where you will be giving a ‘real’ interview to a journalist. Learn how to predict questions and how to answer them, along with traps and pitfalls. And also how to get your message across, no matter what you’re asked. |
| Tue 10 |
ESRC DTP: Building Your Professional Identity Through Multimedia - Week Six: Video and Photography
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This module comprises a series of six workshops based around a range of multimedia that will enable participants to build a professional identity both online and offline. By the end of this module, participants should have an actionable, usable portfolio.
Videos and photographs can greatly enhance your online presence, making visitors to your website stay longer, and your social media posts far more likely to be shared and commented on. Even better, in the era of the smartphone, making videos and taking striking photos is far easier than you might think. As Simon will show you, you can be making your own videos within a few hours. |