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)