Skills and Career Development Events Diary
Use the Diary to find up-and-coming skills and career development events for research students and to book your place.
| Title | Start Date | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Examining Research Degree Theses | Feb 18, 2019 02:00 PM | Together with the Director of the Doctoral College, you will explore the main issues to be considered at the three different stages involved in examining a doct... | |
| Learn to Program in Python | Feb 19, 2019 01:00 PM | This course will introduce you to how programming works, the basic concepts and how to write your first script. Learning how to program can help you to speed up... | |
| Building and Understanding your Transferable Skills (webinar) | Feb 19, 2019 02:00 PM | Delegates will learn to: unpack the key transferable skills for post PhD employment; be aware of the transferable skills they require; be aware of the transf... | |
| Manage long documents in Word - Part 1 - Essentials | Feb 21, 2019 10:00 AM | This course will show you how to use essential time saving features when creating a long document such as a report or thesis. You will save time by making use ... | |
| Guided IT Learning Session | Feb 26, 2019 09:30 AM | Receive help with specific IT queries at Guided IT Learning Sessions. Book an appointment for 1 hour. An experienced IT trainer will be available to help and ... | |
| Analysis of Variance using R | Feb 27, 2019 01:00 PM | This session will extend the basic statistical concepts of hypothesis testing to more complex experimental settings. It will cover basics of experimental design... | |
| Organise data or make calculations – Take Time to Learn Excel | Feb 27, 2019 01:30 PM | This course allows you to take time away from your desk to learn at your own pace. You will use online learning materials and hand-outs with exercises to improv... | |
| Basic stats Exploratory analysis and introduction to sampling distributions | Mar 06, 2019 10:00 AM | The course will provide a basic overview of some widely used statistics principles. A gentle introduction to some statistics principles with the use of a variet... | |
| Challenge Led Research | Mar 06, 2019 02:00 PM | Delegates will learn what challenge-led research is, how you can get funding for it (including GCRF and ISCF), and institutional support and strategies. | |
| Manage long documents in Word - Part 2 - Additional Features | Mar 07, 2019 09:30 AM | Following on from the Essentials course, this course will introduce you to the additional features which will help to improve your long documents. After a dem... | |
| Basic stats Methodology of hypothesis testing | Mar 07, 2019 01:00 PM | This course is a gentle introduction to some key statistics principles using a variety of examples. Hypothesis testing: Based on examples the following will be ... | |
| Basic stats Basic types of test and study design | Mar 08, 2019 10:00 AM | This course is a gentle introduction to some statistics principles with the use of a variety of examples. It will help you answer what kind of tests are approp... | |
| Guided IT Learning Session | Mar 11, 2019 01:00 PM | Receive help with specific IT queries at Guided IT Learning Sessions. Book an appointment for 1 hour. An experienced IT trainer will be available to help and ... | |
| SPSS Data management and introduction | Mar 12, 2019 10:00 AM | Introduction to different types of data, sensible data collection, how to enter data into SPSS and basic data management. | |
| Learn to Program in Python | Mar 12, 2019 01:00 PM | This course will introduce you to how programming works, the basic concepts and how to write your first script. Learning how to program can help you to speed up... | |
| Analyse your data with Excel Pivot Tables | Mar 13, 2019 09:30 AM | This course will introduce you to the advantages of using Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts in Excel. Pivot Tables are useful for summarising large amounts of data ... | |
| Linear Regression Model using R | Mar 13, 2019 01:00 PM | This session will extend the basic statistical concepts of hypothesis testing to more complex modelling scenarios encountered in many datasets. It will begin wi... | |
| Anatomy of a UKRI Responsive Mode Application | Mar 13, 2019 02:00 PM | Delegates will run through a full proposal, annotating and discussing each key section, and clarifying how everything joins up and what goes where. | |
| SPSS Describing and exploring data | Mar 14, 2019 01:00 PM | Participants will use SPSS to describe data using basic statistics such as mean, standard deviation, median and percentiles, and learn how to present their find... | |
| Manage long documents in Word - Part 1 - Essentials | Mar 18, 2019 01:30 PM | This course will show you how to use essential time saving features when creating a long document such as a report or thesis. You will save time by making use ... |
