April 22, 2016, by Lisa Chin
Research Boot Camp, Spring 2016
What do PhD students need to help them get started on their research degrees?
A research boot camp was recently held from 11th to 15th April 2016. The boot camp, which was delivered by Dr Tissa Chandesa and Dr Jiin Woei Lee, offered a range of intensive courses to help the new postgraduate research students to get going with their research degrees. The courses offered were detailed below:
Nature of the PhD and the Supervision Process
This course is designed to familiarise postgraduate research students with the expectations of doctoral study at The University of Nottingham and help them identify how they to effectively plan and manage their supervisory sessions and relationships with their supervisors.
How to be an Effective Researcher
This course aimed to enhance the effectiveness of postgraduate research students by using a broad range of activities that looked at many different aspects of the research degree process.
Creative Thinking
This course is designed to promote and develop critical thinking outside of the box by introducing the creative thinking process, tools and techniques, as well as associating creative thinking with problem solving.
Planning Research and Time Management
This course aimed to develop strategies for managing research and time effectively.
Getting into the Habit of Writing
This course is designed to encourage the development of good practice in writing by introducing the different styles and approaches.
In addition to the courses in the boot camp, the RDP includes 46 other courses, designed to support postgraduates at different stages of their PhDs. The list of courses can be viewed on Moodle at http://moodle.nottingham.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=11606.
The RDP was designed to support the early stages in the development of skills listed in the Vitae Researcher Development Framework.
The Graduate School is also open to conducting tailor made courses which are driven primarily by the students request, input and interactions. If you wish us to conduct such courses, please get in touch with us via email to graduateschool@nottingham.edu.my.
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