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Giving presentations is an essential skill for a researcher, be it in your deparment, at a major conference, or in your next job interview! You know your subject but sometimes issues of performance and clarity stop you being your best. Perhaps you can't project your voice, perhaps you are terrified of the Q&A, perhaps you feel your slides let you down, or perhaps you just don't know what to do to get better.
This is a highly interactive workshop that requires you to throw yourself into the activities. Everyone will be involved as we apply some of the material from the online Presentation and Performance toolkit and try it out in a safe and supportive environment.
The workshop is especially designed for those who feel less confident with the performance aspects of giving presentations. If you are comfortable standing up and talking in front of others then we recommend starting with the online materials.
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| Tue 9 Jul 2019 | 14:00 | [Places] |
This workshop is the first session in the mentoring and co-coaching strand which has been designed to enhance the learning and development opportunities of MRC Postdoc Fellows and will be supported by staff from the Researcher Development Programme (RDP). This session provides an opportunity to learn about and experience group coaching within a supportive, safe environment alongside other postdocs on the MRC enhanced training and development programme. We will use tools and techniques to support and facilitate you to coach others in your co-coaching group and be coached to progress your own ideas.
Outcomes:
- Discover how the model of coaching in group situations can support your development.
- Experience a short term group coaching situation with your new co-coaching group.
- Identify and agree how you are going to be working as a co-coaching group over the next few years.
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.
Graduate School of Life Sciences: GSLS-mrp18
Physical Sciences and Technology: SPST-mrp18
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences: AHSS-mrp18
You can access the course and enrol at the following link: https://www.vle.cam.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=135202
We hear a lot lately on the benefits of collaboration for researchers. International collaborations look good on your CV, being collaborative helps generate higher impact publications, and participating in collaborations leads to creating professional networks you can call on throughout your career.
If we know that collaborations are good for research and career progression, it follows that we should learn how to collaborate well. This workshop looks at the practices of productive collaborations exploring the ways of thinking and doing that will contribute to successful teamwork. We will consider the importance of give-and-take within professional relationships, the benefits and challenges of bringing people together, and the stages collaboration goes through. We will also explore how working with others leads to personal growth.
Outcomes:
- Learn the skills and ways of thinking that lead to productive collaborations.
- Understand the challenges of teamwork and the typical stages of collaboration.
- Consider the links between working collaboratively and personal growth.
Are you ready to lead others confidently in whatever leadership position you may find yourself in?
This workshop draws on insight gained from Postdocs: An Initial Guide to Leadership and Postdocs: Self-Leadership and considers how to apply different skills, strengths, and styles of leadership as well as the strategies of self-leadership to enable you to thoughtfully and self-assuredly lead others. This workshop will help you cultivate a more profound and extensive portfolio of leadership capabilities and a deeper understanding of how to motivate people and to get the best out of them.
It is possible to attend this as an individual workshop, although we would recommend that you try to attend the series starting with Postdocs: An Initial Guide to Leadership and Postdocs: Self-Leadership.
Outcomes:
- Understand the key components of being led and leading others.
- Expand and extend your skills, strengths, abilities and style in detail so that you can lead others now and in the future.
- Apply self-knowledge, awareness and techniques in the deployment of your leadership skills with others.
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: GSLS-pst18
Physical Sciences and Technology: SPST-pst18
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences: AHSS-pst18
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.
Graduate School of Life Sciences: GSLS-ret18
Physical Sciences and Technology: SPST-ret18
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences: AHSS-ret18
You can access the course and enrol at the following link: https://www.vle.cam.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=134122
A good poster’s worth 1000 words… but a bad poster’s just a bit of messy paper. When it’s time for you to present your scientific poster how are you going to make the most of the opportunity? We’ll think about why we use posters to present our research, what makes the difference between a good and bad poster and some useful tips to help you present your data in style.
Please note, this is an introductory course to help you start preparing for your first poster sessions...
This one-day course focuses on the structure of good scientific writing. Including writing exercises as an integral part of the workshop, we will look at the practical process of writing, the nature of scientific publishing, and the importance of editing. The day will finish with a group editing session in which you apply the ideas you have learnt by editing each other's work.
For the group editing session you will need to write a 300-word abstract about your work in advance, and bring it with you as a printout (see 'Prerequisites' below for details).
REGISTRATION starts at 9.00am on the day. Please ensure you arrive on time as latecomers may be refused entry.
Outcomes:
- Develop skills for producing high-quality scientific papers aimed at the world's top journals
- Understand the structure of good communication at the level of sentences, paragraphs, abstracts and entire papers
- Apply these ideas to your own work
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-sas18
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: GSLS-sas18
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-sas18
When opportunities come along, do you feel confident about working with people to get what you need? This course gives you a practical insight into the application of professional communication to everyday life, learning how to persuade and influence others effectively. Improving your listening and communication skills is advantageous for both your personal and your professional life.
This workshop is led by Richard Mullender, an external trainer who formerly worked for the Metropolitan Police as a hostage negotiator, and then as Lead Trainer at the National Crisis & Hostage Negotiation Unit in Scotland Yard. By looking at everyday scenarios as well as life-or-death negotiations from his professional experience – e.g. with terrorists for the release of hostages or with someone threatening to commit suicide – Richard demonstrates how to listen for ‘levers’ that help you to persuade and influence, and to secure the best possible outcome.
Outcomes:
- Be able to use communication consciously to persuade and influence effectively
- Recognize when others are using persuasive communication techniques
- Feel more confident in presenting yourself well to others and in gaining support
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.
Graduate School of Life Sciences: GSLS-tmt18
Physical Sciences and Technology: SPST-tmt18
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences: AHSS-tmt18
You can access the course and enrol at the following link: https://www.vle.cam.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=128701
Aimed at first-year PhD students, this course is designed to get you thinking and working effectively on writing your end-of-first-year-report. How to start? What is 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.
Outcomes:
- Understand the standard form and function of the first year report
- Start planning the structure of your report
- Experience the benefits of editing and receiveing feedback on writing
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| Wed 19 Jun 2019 | 10:00 | CANCELLED |