RDP Online Courses 2017-18
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Managing a project is a key skill for an effective researcher, yet project management is often poorly understood.
This can lead to projects running out of time or money, or overworking people. This online course gives you the foundational project management knowledge needed to complete your research project successfully, as well as the opportunity to implement and thereby embed this knowledge.
Outcomes:
- Understand how to define, plan and implement a project
- Know how to manage yourself and others effectively
- Be able to identify and plan for risks and cope with challenges
Presenting your research is an essential skills for a researcher, be it to your peers, at a major conference, or even to a room full of schoolchildren. This online toolkit covers a whole range of performance and presentation techniques for you to work through and incorporate into your presentations, in your own time. From crafting a story to handling the dreaded Q&A, there’s guaranteed to be something there to help you improve your presentations.
If you particularly struggle with the performance aspects of giving a presentation and don't feel comfortable talking in front of others, then you may also like to attend the Better Presentations workshop.
Outcomes:
- Understand how to create a compelling presentation
- Know some practical tips for giving an engaging performance
- Understand how to continue improving with each presentation
How to Access the Course
In order to enrol for the Presentation Skills Toolkit, you will need an enrolment key.
Please use the appropriate key for your School.
Life Sciences: GSLS-pst17
Physical Sciences and Technology: SPST-pst17
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences: AHSS-pst17
You can access the course and enrol at the following link: https://www.vle.cam.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=129841
This online course introduces you to the Cambridge Researcher Development Framework and then asks you to complete a short self-analysis quiz, designed to help you assess your existing skillset and identify target areas for improvement.
This is really the basis upon which you should plan all of your researcher development, so it is a highly recommended course for all postgraduate students! We encourage you to take this course at the beginning of your studies, but also complete the survey each year thereafter, to guide your researcher development throughout your time here.
The online course, hosted on Moodle, includes:
- A Skills Analysis Survey to help you assess your own skillset
- A Personal Development Plant to help you consider your answers to the survey and plan your future personal development
- Useful information on researcher development, training courses within the University, and other skill-development opportunities
How do I sign up?
To enrol onto the course, you will need to follow the link below.
You will be asked for an enrolment key: AHSS-sas17
This online course introduces you to the Cambridge Researcher Development Framework and then asks you to complete a short self-analysis quiz, designed to help you assess your existing skillset and identify target areas for improvement.
This is really the basis upon which you should plan all of your researcher development, so it is a highly recommended course for all postgraduate students! We encourage you to take this course at the beginning of your studies, but also complete the survey each year thereafter, to guide your researcher development throughout your time here.
The online course, hosted on Moodle, includes:
- A Skills Analysis Survey to help you assess your own skillset
- A Personal Development Plant to help you consider your answers to the survey and plan your future personal development
- Useful information on researcher development, training courses within the University, and other skill-development opportunities
How do I sign up?
To enrol onto the course, you will need to follow the link below.
You will be asked for an enrolment key: GSLS-sas17
This online course introduces you to the Cambridge Researcher Development Framework and then asks you to complete a short self-analysis quiz, designed to help you assess your existing skillset and identify target areas for improvement.
This is really the basis upon which you should plan all of your researcher development, so it is a highly recommended course for all postgraduate students! We encourage you to take this course at the beginning of your studies, but also complete the survey each year thereafter, to guide your researcher development throughout your time here.
The online course, hosted on Moodle, includes:
- A Skills Analysis Survey to help you assess your own skillset
- A Personal Development Plant to help you consider your answers to the survey and plan your future personal development
- Useful information on researcher development, training courses within the University, and other skill-development opportunities
How do I sign up?
To enrol onto the course, you will need to follow the link below.
You will be asked for an enrolment key: SPST-sas17
Are you completely overwhelmed by the reading that you have to do? Would you like to be able to scan long documents for the important points?
This online course can help you to make the most of the time available to you by ensuring that your reading isn't slowing you down, and that you are reading strategically. You can complete the course at your own pace.
Outcomes:
- Identify your personal needs for speed reading
- Practice different speed reading techniques
- Improve your reading speed while maintaining comprehension
Being able to manage your time is a key skill for a researcher. You might already be the most effective person you know, or you might instead be struggling under a pile of to-do lists and missed deadlines. Whatever your background, this online 'toolkit' of time management techniques will give you some new ideas to think about and try out.
Each tool will take about fifteen minutes to work though, and will provide some information on how it can help you, as well as examples so that you can see how to put it into practice. You will then be challenged to try it out for two weeks before reflecting on whether it made a positive impact on your time management.
Outcomes:
- Understand how to use several different time management techniques
- Identify which of these help you to be more effective
- Feel more in control of your time
How to Access the Course
In order to enrol for The Time Management Toolkit, you will need an enrolment key. Please use the appropriate key for your School.
Graduate School of Life Sciences: GSLS-tmt17
Physical Sciences and Technology: SPST-tmt17
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences: AHSS-tmt17
You can access the course and enrol at the following link: https://www.vle.cam.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=128701