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Professional, Transferable and Career Development Skills – Opportunities and Relevance

Professional, Transferable and Career Development Skills – Opportunities and Relevance. Transferable Skills Programme for PhD Students. Aims Completion of PhD research Increase awareness of skills Preparation for career Approach Flexible: course choices & timing

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Professional, Transferable and Career Development Skills – Opportunities and Relevance

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  1. Professional, Transferable and Career Development Skills – Opportunities and Relevance

  2. Transferable Skills Programme for PhD Students • Aims • Completion of PhD research • Increase awareness of skills • Preparation for career • Approach • Flexible: course choices & timing • Designed for PhD and other Research Students • No charge • E-mail and web based administration www.transkills.ed.ac.uk

  3. What’s available from transkills… • First 6 months… • Searching Research Literature • Mapping your Mind and Reading for Speed • Effective Writing • 6 – 18 months in… • How to be an Effective Researcher • Effective Presentations • Second Year… • Time Management • GRADschool • Third Year… • PhD Thesis Workshop • Reviewing Your Career • Marketing Yourself Effectively

  4. PG Essentials • On-line course for new PhD researchers • Building networks and engaging non-campus PhDs • Flexible and interactive. • Aimed at equipping you with the essential knowledge needed to make the best start to your PhD. • Will run twice in semester 1, repeated semester 2 http://www.transkills.ed.ac.uk/pgessentials.htm

  5. Vitae • Researchers’ Portal (www.vitae.ac.uk) free resources & information for all PhD students: • PhD Planner, Just for Postgrads, PG Tips • Careers and career destination, practical guides • GRADschool courses for 2nd and 3rd year PhDs • National GRADschools: free for Research Council and Wellcome Trust funded PhD students • Local Edinburgh GRADschools: open to all

  6. Other training and support(free and open to all in most cases) • Careers Service (dedicated postgrad web site, offices at KB and Buccleuch Place) • Library (dedicated web sites, individual support, on-line resources) • Computing Services (courses, resources) • Institute for Applied Language Studies (English and other languages) • And much, much more….. www.transkills.ed.ac.uk/links.htm

  7. Postgraduate-led Initiatives • On-line journals • Experience of academic publication & communication • Workshops and seminars • Networking and social events • Much, much more…. • Competitive funding is available ( e.g. University Roberts Researcher-led Scheme www.researcherdevelopment.ed.ac.uk/RLIF/Intro.html)

  8. What to do next…. • Refer to Graduate School information • See transkills website • Check details of content, target audience (year of study, discipline) and eligibility • Consult supervisor • Ask other students • Give it a try!

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