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November 12, 2015

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Making the Most of Conferences

Noordam & Gosling’s article has some useful tips if you’re a PhD student attending your first disciplinary conference.

Thursday, June 23rd, 2016 in RDF DOMAIN B1 PERSONAL QUALITIES, RDF DOMAIN B2 SELF-MANAGEMENT, RDF DOMAIN B3 PROFESSIONAL & CAREER DEVELOPMENT

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Endnote Training

Training from Bob Green of EndNote Bob will be coming to the University for the morning of Friday 27th May to show us the latest tips and techniques for: EndNote…

Thursday, May 12th, 2016 in RDF DOMAIN B3 PROFESSIONAL & CAREER DEVELOPMENT, RDF DOMAIN D2 COMMUNICATION & DISSEMINATION

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PhD students: what to do if you don’t work well with your supervisor

Our supervisory relationship is our first experience of preparing for a professional life in academia or industry – relationships have to be forged and managed, not simply ‘expected’. this is…

Tuesday, May 10th, 2016 in RDF DOMAIN A2 COGNITIVE ABILITIES, RDF DOMAIN A3 CREATIVITY, RDF DOMAIN B1 PERSONAL QUALITIES, RDF DOMAIN B2 SELF-MANAGEMENT, RDF DOMAIN C1 PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

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10 tips for writing a PhD thesis

These are basic but extremely helpful tips presented by Times Higher Education: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/10-tips-writing-phd-thesis.  

Tuesday, May 10th, 2016 in RDF DOMAIN A3 CREATIVITY, RDF DOMAIN D2 COMMUNICATION & DISSEMINATION

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Good Clinical Practice Training

All PhD students undertaking clinical primary research have to complete Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training.  This is a specialised training package into various aspects of research including informed consent and…

Tuesday, April 26th, 2016 in RDF DOMAIN A1 KNOWLEDGE BASE, RDF DOMAIN B1 PERSONAL QUALITIES, RDF DOMAIN B2 SELF-MANAGEMENT, RDF DOMAIN C1 PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

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Health Research Authority – Ethical Approval Process for Research

HRA APPROVAL PROCESS – The New System for gaining ethics approval for research in the NHS in England. We would like to confirm that, as planned, HRA Approval was fully…

Tuesday, April 19th, 2016 in RDF DOMAIN A1 KNOWLEDGE BASE, RDF DOMAIN C1 PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT, RDF DOMAIN C2 RESEARCH MANAGEMENT

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Beating PhD Stress Tips from a Psychology Student

If you, as we all do at one time or another, experience the lows of doing a PhD then sometimes reading up on advice from people who have been through…

Monday, April 4th, 2016 in RDF DOMAIN B1 PERSONAL QUALITIES, RDF DOMAIN B2 SELF-MANAGEMENT

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Research Ethics Online Training

or all PhD students and supervisors. It is highly recommended that you undertake this training Are you a researcher looking to undertake a research study? Have you considered ethics within…

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016 in RDF DOMAIN A1 KNOWLEDGE BASE, RDF DOMAIN A2 COGNITIVE ABILITIES

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Getting published – training resources

Register for these 2 free online modules that can help you figure out how to get your PhD protocol work published as papers. I’m taking them and I’ve found them…

Tuesday, March 1st, 2016 in RDF DOMAIN A1 KNOWLEDGE BASE, RDF DOMAIN A2 COGNITIVE ABILITIES, RDF DOMAIN A3 CREATIVITY, RDF DOMAIN D2 COMMUNICATION & DISSEMINATION

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Careers Training for Researchers

Making Your Application Count Thursday 3 March 10.00- 12.00, B0.02 Chesham Develop your skills in completing those demanding sections of employers’ application forms, including the Personal Statement or Additional Information…

Friday, February 26th, 2016 in RDF DOMAIN B3 PROFESSIONAL & CAREER DEVELOPMENT, RDF DOMAIN C1 PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

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