Graduate School Training Opportunities
A wide range of generic skills training is provided for research students and this forms an important component of your degree candidature. This year, the Faculty Graduate School will be organising a number of new generic and research skill courses / workshops. You will receive further information about the dates of these courses / workshops in due course. We are currently offering workshops in four different areas:
Knowledge and Intellectual Abilities, Personal Effectiveness, Research Governance and Organisation, and Engagement, Influence and Impact
Many courses are shared with the Faculty of Biological Sciences - members of Medicine and Health are welcome on FBS-led courses and vice versa.
Other providers of training include ISS - please check this link for course dates and note that these courses tend to book up quickly. Please note that if ISS courses are fully booked you should email itistraining@leeds.ac.uk and ask to be put on the course ‘waiting list’. This will ensure that if a place becomes available on that course then you will be offered a place. Alternatively, you can ask to be ‘pre-booked’ onto the next course and you will be advised when the next course is scheduled.
More upcoming workshops are listed here.
Recently held courses are listed here. These will run again in future.
How to book a workshop
Bookings are taken by email. Please click the email link and provide us with your full name, school, department or institute, programme of study (or staff status), and details of any special requirements (e.g. disabled access, prayer room). By emailing your booking you are also agreeing to our Terms and Conditions. We will respond to your booking within 48 hours, and you will receive details of the workshop venue about a week before it takes place.
Knowledge and Intellectual Abilities
PhD process courses (e.g. Starting Your Research Degree, thesis and viva workshops) are highlighted in yellow.
Click a course title for a description.
| Date | Course | Suitability | Leader(s) | Time | How to book |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 April 2012 | Preparing for your thesis and viva (SJUH students) | Students near submission | Emma Spary / David Bond | 13:30-16:30 | |
| 23 May 2012 | Writing for Research Students in the Sciences | PhD | Susan Mitchell | 9:30-16:00 | Visit Website |
| 24 May 2012 | Writing for Research Students in the Sciences | PhD | Susan Mitchell | 9:30-16:00 | Visit Website |
| 28 May 2012 | Starting your research degree (full time students) | 1st years | Emma Spary | 9:30-16:30 | |
| 9 July 2012 | Preparing for your transfer | 1st years | Emma Spary | 9:30-12:30 |
Personal Effectiveness
| 3 May 2012 | A career in law | All | Luke Kempton | 10:00-12:00 and 12:30-13:30 (lunch + questions) |
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| 24 May 2012 | RCUK Postdoctoral Fellowships Event | PhD final year / Postdocs | Faculty training / academics / research fellows / research support / RCUK | 13:30-16:30 |
Research Governance and Organisation
| 3 May 2012 | Exploring How to Take Your Idea Forward: Intellectual Property | All | Luke Kempton | 10:30-12:30 | |
| 26 Jun 2012 | Human tissue ethics* | All | 10:00-12:00 |
* Details will be sent by email
Engagement, Influence and Impact
13 Mar 2012 To be rearranged! |
How to Select a Conference and Tailor Your Abstract | PhD | Emma Spary/David Bond | 10:00-12:00 |
More workshops to be scheduled:
| tba | A taste of consultancy | All | tba | tba | not yet bookable |
| tba | Being a post doc abroad | All | tba | tba | not yet bookable |
| tba | Careers and coffee | All | External speakers | tba | not yet bookable |
| tba | Careers day | All | Internal and external speakers | tba | not yet bookable |
| tba | Consultancy workshop | All | Samantha Aspinall | tba | not yet bookable |
| tba | Designing and delivering an effective lecture | Postdocs / research staff | Neil Morris / Nic Stonehouse | tba | not yet bookable |
| tba | Exploring cultural differences: etiquette and manners | All | Samantha Aspinall / Emma Spary | tba | not yet bookable |
| tba | The enterprising researcher | All | Samantha Aspinall | tba | not yet bookable |
| tba | Publishing your paper - getting through the review process | All | tba | tba | not yet bookable |
| tba | Why, where, and how to publish? | All | Faculty academics | tba | not yet bookable |
Recent courses:
| 3 Nov 2011 | Public engagement with research | All | Samantha Aspinall | 9:00 -12:00 | |
| 7, 14, 21, & 28 Nov 2011 | Mass Spectrometry for Biologists and Biochemists | All | James Ault and others | 14:00-16:00 | |
| 9 Nov 2011 | Search and Save: Information Searching for PhD Students | All | Library | 13:30-17:00 | |
| 10 Nov 2011 | How to Read a Scientific Article | 1st years | David Bond | 10:00-12:00 | |
| 16 Nov 2011 | Introduction to Ethics* | All | 10:00-12:00 | ||
| 17 Nov 2011 | Wellcome Trust alumni careers event | All | External speakers | 14:00-17:00 | |
| 23 Nov 2011 | Working with Literature: Impact, evaluation and reading strategies | All | Library | 14:00-16:00 | |
| 24 Nov 2011 | Timelines and effective career planning | All | Arwen Pearson | 13:30-15:30 | |
| 25 Nov 2011 | Working with Literature: Impact, evaluation and reading strategies | All | Library | 10:00-12:00 | |
| 29 Nov 2011 | Search and Save: Information Searching for PhD Students | All | Library | 9:30-13:00 | |
| 2 Dec 2011 | Working with Literature: Impact, evaluation and reading strategies | All | Library | 14:00-16:00 | |
| 9 Dec 2011 | Being effective at Conferences | All | Samantha Aspinall/David Bond/Emma Spary | 14:30-17:00 (followed by social) | |
| 15 Dec 2011 | An introduction to laboratory facilities in FBS | All | Gareth Howell, Iain Manfield, James Ault, Chi Trinh, Arnout Kalverda and Peiyi Wang | 10:00-12:00 | |
| 10 Jan 2012 | How to Read a Scientific Article | 1st years | David Bond | 10:00-12:00 | |
| 18 Jan 2012 | Preparing for your thesis and viva | Students near submission | Emma Spary | 9:30-12:30 | |
| 23 Jan 2012 | Starting your research degree (part time students) | 1st years | Emma Spary | 13:00-17:00 | |
| 26 Jan 2012 | Creative thinking for problem-solving | All | Samantha Aspinall | 13:00-16:00 | |
| 31 Jan 2012 | Search and Save: Information Searching for PhD Students | All | Library | 9:30-13:00 | Fully booked |
| 3 Feb 2012 | Introduction to Ethics* | All | 14:00-16:00 | ||
| 6 Feb 2012 | Preparing for your transfer | 1st years | Emma Spary / David Bond | 9:30-12:30 | |
| 15 Feb 2012 | Avoiding Scientific Misconduct in Biosciences Research* | All | 14:00-16:00 | ||
| 16 Feb 2012 | Working with Literature: Impact, evaluation and reading strategies | All | Library | 14:00-16:00 | Fully booked |
| 16 Feb 2012 | Communicating complex science to the public | All | David Bond | 9:30-12:30 | |
| 22 Feb 2012 | Writing for Research Students in the Sciences | PhD | Susan Mitchell | 9:30-16:00 | Visit Website |
| 23 Feb 2012 | Writing for Research Students in the Sciences | PhD | Susan Mitchell | 9:30-16:00 | Visit Website |
| 24 Feb 2012 | Scientific Writing for Research Staff | Research staff only | Susan Mitchell | 9:30-16:00 | Visit Website |
| 27 Feb 2012 | Biomolecular Interactions: using SPR and ITC Technology | All | Iain Manfield | 9:30-17:00 | |
| 6 Mar 2012 | Human tissue ethics* | All | 10:00-12:00 | ||
| 7 Mar 2012 | Preparing for your transfer (SJUH students) | 1st years at St. James' | David Bond | 13:30-16:30 | |
| 9 Mar 2012 | Research governance, ethics & societal impact at transfer | 1st years | Dave Lewis/Alice Temple | 10:00-12:00 | |
| 21 Mar 2012 | Research governance, ethics & societal impact at transfer | 1st years | Dave Lewis | 10:00-12:00 | |
| 21 March 2012 | LIGHT Early Careers Group Meeting - Senior academic staff Q&A session introduced by the Vice Chancellor | All | Prof. Mark Gilthorpe (LIGHT), Prof. Helen Picton (LIGHT), Prof Patricia McKinney (LIGHT), Dr. Angela Carter (LIGHT) and Prof. James Deuchars (FBS) | 10:00-13:00 | Turn up! Venue: Worsley Level 7, Medical Lecture Theatre |
| 27 Mar 2012 | Animal Studies: Ethics and the 3Rs in Practice* | All | 14:00-16:00 | ||
| 28 March 2012 | Effective research relationships for postgraduate students in the social sciences, arts, and humanities | 1st years | David Bond/Jenny Rivas Perez | 9:30-16:30 | |
| 2 Apr 2012 | Effective research relationships for postgraduate students in the sciences | 1st years | David Bond/Jenny Rivas Perez | 9:30-16:30 | |
| 3 April 2012 | Effective poster presentations | All | David Bond | 13:30-16:00 | |
| 12 April 2012 | Oral presentation skills | All | David Bond | 13:30-16:00 | |