TRANSFERABLE SKILLS WITHIN COURSES INVOLVING THE ZOOLOGY
DEPARTMENT IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES TRIPOS
Department
Intellectual skills:
Lectures
Practicals
Field work
Examinations
Projects
Dissertations
Critical Reviews
Seminars
Journal Clubs
Academic Societies
Problem Solving Skills:
Practicals
Projects
Field work
College
Supervisions
Set essays
Problems
Academic Societies
Supervisions
Communication skills; oral, written and non-verbal (developing arguments
using symbolic or mathematical language):
Listening in lectures
Supervisions (oral and written)
Writing essays, critical review
Discussion and debate with peers
Discussions of practicals
Extracurricular activities
Specific presentations by staff on
these issues
Presentation of projects and papers
Project or dissertation write-ups
Applications for vacation or third
year grants (e.g. Cambridge-MIT)
Journal clubs
Discussion and debate with peers
Representation on Committees
Organisational skills:
Timetable management (balancing
work and extra-curricular activities)
Representation on Committees
(leadership)
Practical work (planning, teamwork,
task management)
Project or dissertation (planning,
deadlines, teamwork)
Examinations (planning,
preparation)
Arranging vacation work experience
Timetable management (balancing work
and extra-curricular activities)
Interpersonal skills
Practical work in laboratory and
field (team-working, negotiation of
roles, flexibility, adaptability)
Field courses, Journal clubs and
other group activities
Interact with a wide range of people
Community and support for others
Positions of responsibility (clubs and
other activities)
Research Skills; design and execution of experiments, use of sources, data
management and interpretation, critical analysis and thesis construction
Practical work – specialist
techniques
Use of library and on-line resources
to follow reading lists and
supplement lectures
Exercises / problem based learning
Writing of Critical Review
Project
Numeracy
Lectures on statistics
Data handling in practicals, projects
and classes
Computer literacy
CamTools resources
Use of spreadsheets and statistical
programmes
On-line course materials
Search scientific databases
Search on-line library resources
Use of search engines and web
browsers
Use of word-, imaging-. and dataprocessing software
Foreign language skills
University language centre is
available for extra-curricular use
Supervisions
Email
Internet access
Support for self-access teaching