Topic: Communication skills

Credit Value: 1
Gained By: Attendance Register.

At the end of this workshop, you will: #Have a basic knowledge of the NLP framework and model of communication. #Use this to reframe situations/events so you can find different solutions, one of which will work. #Be in charge of your attitude/emotions by using submodalities, so you can bring about a resourceful state when you need it. (eg. Confidence, calm, etc) #Know how to anchor this resourceful state, so that you can access it immediately, at any time. #Create a well-formed outcome which makes absolutely sure that you 'language' yourself in such a way as to drive your very neurology and physiology towards obtaining your desired goal. #With your peers, find practical ways to incorporate what you have learnt into your working/personal life.

Topic: Expanding your experience

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance register

1. To raise awareness of the needs of the project student. 2. To identify the elements of good supervision. 3. To show how to supervise effectively whilst progressing your own research. 4. To indicate the benefits of supervising project students..

Topic: Academic writing

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- Improved understanding of the processes involved in completing a thesis - Development of writing skills in English.

Topic: Supporting your PhD

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

An experiential introduction to mindfulness practices.

Topic: Communication skills

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- Increased understanding of skills in presenting in public - Increased awareness and understanding of the language that can be used in presentations to different audiences.

Topic: Supporting your PhD

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance register

Understanding of the nature of procrastination; Practical techniques to avoid and mitigate procrastination.

Topic: Widening horizons

Credit Value: 2.5
Gained By: Gained by: Attendance register

PPD Aims: Basic understanding of theories and approaches to learning and pedagogy; Basic understanding of teaching approaches and strategies; Basic understanding of student approaches to learning; Awareness of Student Services support networks; Basic understanding of what makes an effective teacher and how to put this into practice at the undergraduate level.

Topic: Information skills

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- Gain an understanding of research data management - Develop your long-term planning and organisational skills - Manage your data to facilitate the completion of your PhD.

Topic: Information skills

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Gained by: Attendance Register

PPD Aims: 1. Improved understanding of heraldry and its significance and of methods of interpretation of heraldic symbolism; 2. Practical ability to apply knowledge to research topic and current research plan.

Topic: Research methods

Credit Value: 2
Gained By: Attendance Register

- To address the theory and practice of qualitative data collection by interviewing and holding focus groups.

Topic: Supporting your PhD

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance register.

1. To introduce Kolb's learning cycle 2. To identify the benefits of reflective practice 3. To give you experience in reflective practice

Topic: Supporting your PhD

Credit Value: 1
Gained By: Attendance Register

- To use SPSS and frequentist statistical foundations to use and interpret linear and logistic regression with multiple predictor variables, enabling control for confounders.

Topic: Research ethics/governance

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- To develop an understanding of the Mental Capacity Act, 2005, including the responsibilities of researchers wishing to involve people who may lack decision-making capacity in research.

Topic: Career planning

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

1.Learn how to write and submit a funding application 2.To explore how funding applications are assessed and how this might influence your own application 3.To think about how you would structure your own funding application and identify areas that need developing

Topic: Supporting your PhD

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

-identify how you spend your time -reflect on the key time management challenges you face -consider tools and strategies that can help you to plan and prioritise your work, maintain progress and achieve work-life balance

Topic: Academic writing

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance register

- Provide an overview of what's involved in publishing - Provide some tips on maximising the likelihood of success in publishing your research

Topic: Supporting your PhD

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- To increase your understanding of the viva examination process - To provide guidance on preparing for the viva - To build confidence in your ability to perform well in the viva - To provide guidance on the process of thesis corrections post-viva.

Topic: Academic writing

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance register You must attend both sessions

Furthering scientific typesetting skills to improve communication in papers, presentations, theses and other documents.

Topic: Communication skills

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance register

1. Develop a new way to display and share data. 2. Develop a new tool to help you tell the "story" of your research. 3. Start creating your own GIS-based Story Map.

Topic: Impact and engagement

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

1.To identify limitations in the traditional lecture system. 2.2.To identify ways of teaching which maximise student engagement and learning. 3.3.To provide you with new knowledge and experience that you can apply in your teaching practice.

Topic: Learning through practice

Credit Value: 2
Gained By: Credits gained by: Attending the training weekend.

PPD Aims: * Develop an awareness of the forms of data involved in research practices and products * Evaluate techniques and resources to manage your use of time spent on research effectively * Be able to assess the kinds of data you will capture, structure or create for your project * Understand the how digital content affects research methods and project workflows * Ensure that all the output of your thesis - data, documents, references - are in a form that you or others can use in future projects or publications

Topic: Academic writing

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

Learning outcomes for participants: 1, Understand why to publish research 2. Understand how to publish research 3. Understand where to publish research

Topic: Research methods

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- To help students develop reliable and valid scales to accurately measure a variety of personal and social variables - To provide an introduction to the process of scale development and analysis, including item generation, item piloting, data collection, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, and appropriate tests of reliability and validity

Topic: Communication skills

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance register

To get experience in presenting and feedback on your presentation so that you can identify strengths and possible areas for improvement.

Topic: Research methods

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- To introduce the key concepts involved in SEM, including latent, exogenous, and endogenous variables and their graphical notation, the measurement model, and the structural model - To provide a step-by-step guide to the data collection and analytic processes in SEM, including model specification, model estimation, model evaluation, and model modification - To demonstrate how the output of an SEM analysis should be interpreted and reported, the latter using both text and appropriate figures.