Postgraduate Student Teachers Programme Semester One 2013-2014

I have just been looking at attendance and the waiting lists for workshops in the Postgraduate Students Teachers (PST) Programme for Semester One 2013-2014. ย The PST Programme is made up of four workshops: Demonstrating in laboratory practicals Assessing and giving feedback Small group teaching Lecturing for learning All courses were well attended and received. Several …

RDP for the month of October 2013 – Boot Camp and Writing Courses

Graduate School Research Development Programme 2013/2014 started with the running of its five day boot camp last week (October 7th– October 11th, 2013). The programme that was conducted during the boot camp was: Nature of the PhD and the Supervision Process Planning Research and Time Management Working effectively in research Creative Thinking Getting into the …

Academic Writing and Getting Published Workshop

Last Wednesday, October 23th, 2013, research students and I attended the Academic Writing and Getting Published course, conducted by a very special guest, UNMC Vice-Provost of Knowledge Transfer, Professor Graham Kendall. Unlike in previous courses, Professor Kendall conducted this course as a workshop which got all research students involved in multiple small tasks during the …

Conference Activity and Opportunities

Observatory Conference: The International Higher Education Revolution: Impacts on Mobility, qualifications, networks. London, 11-12 December 2013 Call for papers: in addition to invited speakers, we wish to provide a platform for cutting-edge practice and research around the conference themes. Proposals in the form of abstracts for presentations should be sent to info@obhe.ac.uk by Wednesday 9 …

Getting on the Publication Ladder

Interesting article where students share their experiences with publication www.acu.ac.uk/news-events/blog/getting-on-publication-ladder-doclinks-early-career-scholars-share-experiences