You need to:

• be able to identify and exploit sources of information or instruction on a new area.
• be fully committed to and engaged in undertaking a meaninfgful research-specific and transferable skills development programme.
• show evidence of your excellent rate of attendance at seminars, meetings workshops and conferences.

You need to be able to:

• generate new ideas and approaches.
• develop new methodologies as required.
• find and implement solutions to difficult problems.

You need to be:

• able to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of your own approach, and willing to complement it by an engagement with other approaches.
• fully aware of all of the means of exploiting intellectual property and have considered the scope of knowledge transfer and entrepreneurial activity in relation to your research.

You need to be able to:

• evaluate a wide range of personal skills.
• evaluate your training needs in the light of this and the requirements of your research project.
• develop a coherent plan for future training.

You need to be able to:

• work to a professional level without supervision.
• demonstrate high levels of accuracy, organisation and attention to detail.

• You need to be able to consider with objectivity gaps in knowledge, understanding or ability, and be aware of possible sources of support such as the skills of colleagues.

You need to be able to:

• make and execute substantial research plans with guidance necessary only for specialist issues.
• provide evidence of 'academic independence' to colleagues and peers.