Topic: Communication skills

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- To help students to understand the typical chapters and chapter structures used in a social science thesis - To consider the main aims of different thesis chapters and their relationship to the whole - To emphasise the importance of a 'golden thread' or 'guiding narrative' within a PhD thesis - To offer students the chance to look at other PhD theses and to show them how to access theses similar to their own

Topic: Impact and engagement

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance register. Attending, participating and setting up your own website to promote your research.

1. Building your professional identity; 2. Networking and engagement; Learning about opportunities to improve your research and career development; 3. Developing an understanding of common social media platforms; 4. Setting up a web presence to promote yourself as a researcher; 5. Effective networking.

Topic: Supporting your PhD

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

Learning outcomes for participants: 1. To mention three types of evaluation and explain how they differ 2. To mention three components of process evaluation and explain how they differ 3. To explain the differences between mediators, moderators and confounders 4. To explain why choice of evaluation design and measures depends on the nature of the intervention.

Topic: Communication skills

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register Attending both sessions.

Topic: Information skills

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: attendance register

1. To teach how to produce publication ready figures using Python. 2. To compare and contrast the use of different plotting methods in matplotlib. 3. To demonstrate how best plot and display the results of different data sets.

Topic: Research methods

Credit Value: 1
Gained By: Attendance register Completing in-class assignments.

1.To introduce students to the numerical software package Matlab 2.To provide students with a basic introduction to issues of data manipulation and visualisation

Topic: Research methods

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance register Completing in-class assignments

1. To introduce how a widely used data format can be created, examined and modified in Matlab 2. To introduce students to the importance of NetCDF files in science

Topic: Research methods

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register.

# Developing awareness and understanding of English language features within research papers # Developing skills in critical reading of complex written documents

Topic: Supporting your PhD

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- Increased understanding of the viva examination process - Increased confidence in your ability to perform effectively in the viva - Increased understanding of the possible viva outcomes and the process of thesis corrections post viva.

Topic: Research methods

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- To improve attendees' theoretical knowledge of a range of commonly used qualitative methods. - To improve attendees' ability to practically apply a range of qualitative methods. - To help attendee's choose an appropriate qualitative method relative to their particular aims and research questions. - To consider the relative advantages and disadvantages of by-theme and by-person qualitative analyses.

Topic: Academic writing

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register.

To develop knowledge about English academic writing styles. To improve understanding of and give practice in language skills that are essential for successful English academic writing.

Topic: Research methods

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

1. To demonstrate how and where sequence data is stored 2. To provide a working understanding and awareness of NCBI BLAST 3. To introduce sequence alignment, and provide an example of a GUI software in which to conduct it 4. To introduce the command line environment, and to remove some of the mystery of the terminal

Topic: Communication skills

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

Topic: Statistics

Credit Value: 1
Gained By: Attendance Register

1. To demonstrate how to use the software R via Rstudio to carry out linear models. 2. To provide an understanding of how to perform and interpret model diagnostics for linear models, check model fit, model selection and make predictions. 3. To explore how to fit and interpret models with continuous, categorical variables and interaction terms.

Topic: Career planning

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- Ability to recognise and validate problems - Show initiative, work independently and be self-reliant - Construct coherent arguments and articulate ideas clearly to a range of audiences - Understand the processes for funding and evaluation of research - Justify the principles and methods used in one's own research

Topic: Supporting your PhD

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance register.

1.Increased understanding of the viva examination process. 2.Increased confidence in your ability to perform effectively in the viva. 3.Increased understanding of the possible viva outcomes and the process of thesis corrections post viva.

Topic: Research methods

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- To help you understand the linear regression model - To consider what it means to formulate a relationship between one dependent variable and one or more independent variables - To consider the critical assumptions of the linear regression model

Topic: Supporting your PhD

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance register Submission of goal setting example

1.Demonstrate the importance of goal setting for a successful (and happy!) career. 2.Describe a value-based goal setting process that can be used to set short and long-term goals. 3.Provide space for students to think about the own progress and the targets they want to set for the upcoming year.

Topic: Academic writing

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- To develop knowledge about English academic writing styles.

Topic: Career planning

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- To help students establish a clear academic identity prior to (and for the benefit of) job applications - To help students identify appropriate or 'gettable' academic posts - To help students to generate effective and job-tailored application paperwork (including CV's, personal statement, and covering letters) - To demystify the academic interview process

Topic: Supporting your PhD

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- Understand the implications of sample size in quantitative research - Calculate sample size for straightforward study designs - Discuss practical implications of sample size in planning and in evaluating a quantitative study.

Topic: Impact and engagement

Credit Value: 1.5
Gained By: Attendance register

1. Able to design a lesson plan for secondary school pupils at different Key Stages. 2. Be able to break your research down into broad themes and link it to the National Curriculum. 3. Able to gain confidence in science communication through the delivery of a lesson in one of our partner schools.

Topic: Research methods

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- To improve attendee's knowledge of different types of interview - To improve attendees' skills in the development of interview questions and interview schedule design - To consider the skills and knowledge required to conduct an effective and ethical interview - To learn how other PGR students have incorporated different types of interviewing into their PhD studies.

Topic: Supporting your PhD

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- To have a basic understanding of the principles and methods of conducting a systematic literature review in healthcare-related disciplines.

Topic: Research methods

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance register

1. To introduce Linux 2. To introduce some useful ways to manipulate data in the command line 3. To introduce basic pipelines

Topic: Supporting your PhD

Credit Value: 1
Gained By: Attendance Register

- To introduce students to the software package NVivo 10.0 and its basic functions - To improve students' organisation, management and analysis of qualitative data - To offer a practical opportunity to use the relevant software under supervision.

Topic: Research methods

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- To develop and build on self-knowledge as you steer your project along.

Topic: Academic writing

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- To develop knowledge about English academic writing styles - To improve understanding of and give practice in language skills that are essential for successful English academic writing.

Topic: Communication skills

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

PPD aims: Understanding of what makes a good conference and how to achieve success; Sufficient understanding and knowledge to participate in organising a conference or event.

Topic: Academic writing

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register.

1.Improved understanding of the requirements of the thesis. 2.An understanding of what the examiners look for in the thesis and how you can help guide them through the document. 3.Setting a timetable for writing the thesis

Topic: Supporting your PhD

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

PPD Aims: 1. Provides an overview of preparation, evidence and document submission. 2. Provides practical guidance and advice in planning time, materials and scheduling your writing.

Topic: Research methods

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- To improve attendees' theoretical knowledge of qualitative research - To improve attendees' practical engagement with qualitative data - To encourage the interpretation, rather than the description or paraphrasing, of qualitative data - To improve the presentation and potential for impact of attendees' qualitative outputs.

Topic: Academic writing

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- Develop an understanding of standards of good academic practice - Develop an understanding of techniques that can be used to integrate material from other sources into your written work - Develop an understanding of UEA Policy on plagiarism and collusion.

Topic: Information skills

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance register

1. To give practical experience of what the Python platform is, how Python code is written and some of the basic ways it can be employed 2. To introduce power of the Python programming language in handling biological data

Topic: Information skills

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

PPD Aims: 1. Understanding of bibliometrics terminology. 2. Awareness of impact factors, H-index and how they relate to journals and authors in the humanities. 3. Ability to use the databases Scopus and Web of Science to conduct some citation analysis.

Topic: Information skills

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance register

1. Demonstrate a range of advanced python packages 2. Use more powerful tools for large datasets 3. Make more effective use of computer resources in Python

Topic: Research methods

Credit Value: 1
Gained By: Attendance register

After completing this course, participants will be able to plan in moderate detail the anticipated use of GIS within their research. Participants will be aware of potential sources of error, mitigation methods, and potential limitations of their results arising from the data and methods used.

Topic: Expanding your experience

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance register.

1.To explore what the academic in charge of the teaching expects from a demonstrator. 2.To explore the responsibilities of a demonstrator. 3.To raise awareness of health and safety issues relating to laboratory practical classes. 4.To highlight good practice. 5.To indicate ways that you can support students in learning. 6.To prepare you for your role as a demonstrator. 7.To increase your confidence in working as a demonstrator.

Topic: Supporting your PhD

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- To improve students' capacity to write effective and impactful research proposals - To consider the relationship between a set of stated research questions, the capacity of the methods and analyses proposed to deliver systematic answers to those questions, and the need to demonstrate clear and achievable outcomes within a given timeline - To help facilitate improvements in students' ability to understand the grant application process and to construct effective grant applications.

Topic: Research methods

Credit Value: 2
Gained By: Attendance register

The aim of this course is to provide you with a knowledge of essential statistics for scientific research and practical experience of implementing these using SPSS.

Topic: Supporting your PhD

Credit Value: 2.5
Gained By:

Topic: Research methods

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register.

Specific research skills.

Topic: Academic writing

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

To develop knowledge about English academic writing styles.

Topic: Research methods

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register.

Specific research skills.

Topic: Research methods

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register.

Specific research skills.

Topic: Expanding your experience

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- To help students/inexperienced teachers prepare and deliver seminars of excellent quality - To consider the mechanics of excellent seminar teaching - To provide some generic example of useful/effective seminar exercises and activities.

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: Research methods

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register.

Be able to understand and assess the applicability of particular research methods for particular research approaches.

Topic: Impact and engagement

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- To raise awareness of different formats and options for engaging with the public about science and medicine - To develop understanding of the benefits and risks presented by public engagement activities.

Topic: Communication skills

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

1. Active listening and communication 2. Creativity and innovation 3. Team-working 4. Flexibility and resilience

Topic: Communication skills

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance register

1.To introduce the area of science communication 2.To reflect on the different types of science communication 3.To reflect on the different audiences for science communication 4.To reflect on the different skills required for science communication.

Topic: Impact and engagement

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register.

Help you to devise a winning strategy for presenting your work. Help prepare you for future roles in refereeing and in conference organisation.

Topic: Research methods

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- Design and execute systems for the acquisition and collation of information through the effective use of appropriate resources and equipment - Considering the ethical and other implications of survey design and use - An understanding of relevant research methodologies and techniques and their appropriate application within one's research field.

Topic: Academic writing

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

To develop knowledge about English academic writing styles. To improve understanding of and give practice in language skills that are essential for successful English academic writing.

Topic: Learning through practice

Credit Value: 2.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

Topic: Supporting your PhD

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

1.To explain the purpose, aims and requirements of Probationary Review so that you are better prepared for the Probation Meeting 2.To explore the purpose of the Probation Report, the requirements of Schools regarding the report and what this means in terms of the content of the report.

Topic: Expanding your experience

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- To help students/inexperienced teachers prepare and deliver lectures of excellent quality - To consider the mechanics of excellent lecture teaching.

Topic: Supporting your PhD

Credit Value: 1
Gained By: Attendance Register

1.To introduce the fundamental features of LaTeX, useful for creating documents such as theses and presentations. 2.To practice creating a document, which demonstrates a range of these key functions.

Topic: Academic writing

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- Improved understanding of what is required to complete a thesis

Topic: Academic writing

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By:

1.Learning best practice in how to present diagrams and tables. 2.Learn to format diagrams and tables for publication 3.Improving your knowledge of image files and how to manipulate. 4.Learn how to design and create infographics

Topic: Career planning

Credit Value: 1
Gained By: Attendance register

1. To inform you about how the University works 2. To indicate the main roles and responsibilities of an academic 3. To highlight how an academic can develop a different portfolio of roles around their core academic responsibilities 4. To illustrate academic promotion/career routes. 5. To indicate routes into academia. 6. To show how external factors impact on the life of an academic.

Topic: Research ethics/governance

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- To understand the ethical processes and regulations underpinning clinical trials (including RCTs) - To understand the conditions which have to be in place before a clinical trial can commence.

Topic: Supporting your PhD

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- To introduce students to the statistical software package SPSS - To provide students with a basic introduction to issues of data entry, data handling and data analysis in SPSS

Topic: Career planning

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register.

1.To raise awareness of career development opportunities available through choosing a postdoctoral position. 2.To gain an insight into the expectations a Higher Education Institute has of postdoctoral researchers. 3.To explore how a postdoctoral position fits with an individual's values, motivations and working style.

Topic: Expanding your experience

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- To help students/inexperienced teachers deliver marking and student feedback of excellent quality - To consider the mechanics of effective module design.

Topic: Supporting your PhD

Credit Value: 0
Gained By: Attendance Register

To examine your progress in terms of the thesis and what you need to do in the remaining research time.

Topic: Supporting your PhD

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- To clarify the timing, processes, requirements and possible outcomes of probation assessment - To discuss methods for effective report writing - To convey the importance of planning and prioritising

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: Communication skills

Credit Value: 1.5
Gained By: Attendance register Attendance at both sessions

Explore Personal Competences (intrapersonal skills) and Social Competences (interpersonal skills) within the context of leading themselves and others.

Topic: Career planning

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance register. .

1.Listen to the experiences of others. 2.Understand your strengths and weaknesses as a researcher. 3.Formulate a strategy to develop your research and personal profiles, including building your academic networks. 4.Learn what makes a successful fellowship application and identify areas for further support.

Topic: Supporting your PhD

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

1. Develop an understanding of how mindful awareness can reduce stress and enhance flexibility. 2. Raise awareness of 10 ways to wellbeing.

Topic: Research methods

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register

- To provide students with a basic grounding in the principles and concepts of mixed methods research

Topic: Research methods

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register.

Be able to understand and assess the applicability of particular research methods for particular research approaches.

Topic: Information skills

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register.

1.To understand the different types of Open Access 2.To gain awareness of some of the benefits and complexities of Open Access publishing 3.To understand where to look for support in finding and publishing open access material To understand where to look for support in finding and publishing open access material

Topic: Communication skills

Credit Value: 0.5
Gained By: Attendance Register.

1.Increased awareness of how to communicate research clearly via an effective poster presentation. 2.Increased awareness of the importance of how audience influences design and content.