RDP Online Courses 2020-21
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Managing a project is a key skill for an effective researcher, yet project management is often poorly understood.
This can lead to projects running out of time or money, or overworking people. This online course gives you the foundational project management knowledge needed to complete your research project successfully, as well as the opportunity to implement and thereby embed this knowledge.
Outcomes:
- Understand how to define, plan and implement a project
- Know how to manage yourself and others effectively
- Be able to identify and plan for risks and cope with challenges
How to Access the Course
In order to enrol onto Managing a Research Project, you will need an enrolment key. Please use the appropriate key for your School.
Postgraduate School of Life Sciences: PSLS-mrp20
Physical Sciences and Technology: SPST-mrp20
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences: AHSS-mrp20
You can access the course and enrol at the following link: https://www.vle.cam.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=135202
You've got interesting research to share, but is anyone listening?!
Presenting your research is an essential skills for a researcher, be it with your peers, at a major conference, or even to a room full of schoolchildren. This online toolkit covers a whole range of performance and presentation techniques for you to work through and incorporate into your presentations, in your own time. From crafting a story to handling the dreaded Q&A, there’s guaranteed to be something there to help you improve your presentations.
If you particularly struggle with the performance aspects of giving a presentation and don't feel comfortable talking in front of others, then you may also like to attend the Better Presentations workshop.
Outcomes:
- Understand how to create a compelling presentation
- Know some practical tips for giving an engaging performance
- Understand how to continue improving with each presentation
How to Access the Course
In order to enrol for the Presentation Skills Toolkit, you will need an enrolment key.
Please use the appropriate key for your School.
Life Sciences: PSLS-pst20
Physical Sciences and Technology: SPST-pst20
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences: AHSS-pst20
You can access the course and enrol at the following link: https://www.vle.cam.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=129841
Are you completely overwhelmed by the reading that you have to do? Would you like to be able to scan long documents for the important points?
This online course can help you to make the most of the time available to you by ensuring that your reading isn't slowing you down, and that you are reading strategically. You can complete the course at your own pace.
Outcomes:
- Identify what holds back your personal reading speed
- Practise techniques for improving your speed
- Learn how to read articles strategically
How to Access the Course
In order to enrol for the Reading Efficiency Toolkit, you will need an enrolment key. Please use the appropriate key for your School.
Postgraduate School of Life Sciences: PSLS-ret20
Physical Sciences and Technology: SPST-ret20
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences: AHSS-ret20
You can access the course and enrol at the following link: https://www.vle.cam.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=134122
Self-taught
Bookable
Researcher Development has moved to Inkpath.
In order to find scheduled training, book places and record your attendance, head over to Inkpath, select 'single sign-on' and log in with Raven.
Click here to Launch Inkpath
This online course introduces you to the Cambridge Researcher Development Framework and then asks you to complete a short self-analysis quiz, where you will assess your existing skillset against the key skills identified by the CamRDF and identify target areas for improvement. You are asked to provide examples that demonstrate your skills, to justify your answers and provide a useful reference when creating applications in the future.
This is really the basis upon which you should plan all of your researcher development, so it is a highly recommended course for all postgraduate students! We encourage you to take this course at the beginning of your studies, but also each year thereafter, to guide your researcher development throughout your time here.
Outcomes:
- Understand the key skills needed by a professional researcher
- Assess your existing skillset against these key skills
- Plan your development training for the coming year
How do I sign up?
To enrol onto the course, you will need to follow the link below.
You will be asked for an enrolment key: AHSS-sas20
This online course introduces you to the Cambridge Researcher Development Framework and then asks you to complete a short self-analysis quiz, where you will assess your existing skillset against the key skills identified by the CamRDF and identify target areas for improvement. You are asked to provide examples that demonstrate your skills, to justify your answers and provide a useful reference when creating applications in the future.
This is really the basis upon which you should plan all of your researcher development, so it is a highly recommended course for all postgraduate students! We encourage you to take this course at the beginning of your studies, but also each year thereafter, to guide your researcher development throughout your time here.
Outcomes:
- Understand the key skills needed by a professional researcher
- Assess your existing skillset against these key skills
- Plan your development training for the coming year
How do I sign up?
To enrol onto the course, you will need to follow the link below.
You will be asked for an enrolment key: PSLS-sas20
This online course introduces you to the Cambridge Researcher Development Framework and then asks you to complete a short self-analysis quiz, where you will assess your existing skillset against the key skills identified by the CamRDF and identify target areas for improvement. You are asked to provide examples that demonstrate your skills, to justify your answers and provide a useful reference when creating applications in the future.
This is really the basis upon which you should plan all of your researcher development, so it is a highly recommended course for all postgraduate students! We encourage you to take this course at the beginning of your studies, but also each year thereafter, to guide your researcher development throughout your time here.
Outcomes:
- Understand the key skills needed by a professional researcher
- Assess your existing skillset against these key skills
- Plan your development training for the coming year
How do I sign up?
To enrol onto the course, you will need to follow the link below.
You will be asked for an enrolment key: SPST-sas20
Time management is just something you do... who would spend precious time on getting better at it?
You might already be the most effective person you know, or you might instead be struggling under a pile of to-do lists and missed deadlines. Whatever your background, this online toolkit will give you some new ideas to think about and try out. Each tool provides some information and examples, and then sets you the challenge of seeing if it works for you in real life.
Outcomes:
- Understand how to use several different time management techniques
- Identify which of these help you to be more effective
- Feel more in control of your time
How to Access the Course
In order to enrol for The Time Management Toolkit, you will need an enrolment key. Please use the appropriate key for your School.
Postgraduate School of Life Sciences: PSLS-tmt20
Physical Sciences and Technology: SPST-tmt20
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences: AHSS-tmt20
You can access the course and enrol at the following link: https://www.vle.cam.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=128701