THE GRADUATE SCHOOL SKILLS PROGRAMME - BLOCK TWO – JANUARY 2014 - PROVISIONAL
Date
DAY 1
Mon 20
January
2014
Time
Session Title
Room
Lecturer
H2.8B
Study
Year
1
12.30 - 14.15
Process of Doing a Research Degree
Dr R Allen
(this session is repeated in each block), including Graduate
School Skills Analysis and Introduction of Numeracy SelfAssessment (this session is repeated in each block)²
14.30 – 17.00
Statistical Analysis Using SPSS
H5.1C
1/2/3
Ms F Reid
09.00 – 09.30
Research using Human Tissue
H2.8B
1
Dr G Cockerill
DAY 2
Tue 21
January
2014
09.30 – 10.00
Drug Trials
10.00 – 11.00
Grant funding and applications
LUNCH (NOT PROVIDED)
13.00 - 15.00
Statistics using Prism
H2.8B
H2.8B
1
1
Dr D Lonsdale
Dr R Allen
H5.1C
1/2/3
Dr D Lovell
DAY 3
Wed 22
January
2014
09.30 -11.30
H2.8B
1
Dr D Lovell
H2.8B
H2.8B
3
3
Ms D Frusher/Ms A Grayling
Dr R Allen
H2.8B
H2.8B
H2.8B
3
1
1
Dr R Allen
Dr R Allen
Dr R Allen
DAY 4
Thurs 23
January
2014
10.00 – 10.30
10.30 – 12.00
Summarising & Presenting Quantitative Data4
Writing up – examination process
How to Plan and Write Up Your Doctoral Thesis
(for PhD & MD(Res) Students)
LUNCH (NOT PROVIDED)
13.00 - 14.00
Preparing for your PhD/MD(Res) Viva Voce Exam
14.15 – 15:15
Peer Review – Scientific Publications and Grants
15.30 – 17.00
Workshop – Critical Appraisal of Scientific Literature
(student journal club)