Name: SEPnet SME-DTN and GRADnet Training Day
Start: 2024-06-19T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-06-19T17:30:00+01:00
Location: One Park Crescent (International Students House)

Presentation Skills, Skills for Life and Intro to Python and Data Analysis
About this Event

SEPnet SME-DTN and GRADnet Training Day: 19 June 2024 at International Students House, 229 Great Portland Street, London,

Who: Postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers working in physical sciences.

What: 1-day interactive workshop with 3 sessions running in parallel: Presentation Skills; Skills for Life and Python/Data Analysis. Choose 2 to attend: 1 in the morning and 1 in the afternoon.

When: Wednesday, 19 June 2024

Where: 229 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5PN

No: 60

The SEPnet SME-DTN funded by Research England Development Fund in collaboration with GRADnet is pleased to offer a training day for the SME-DTN cohort and the SEPnet wider community. There will be 3 sessions on offer running in parallel am and pm. Delegates to choose 2 from 3 sessions.

Short talk, Lasting impression by : Being able to describe what you do, and why, is an essential skill for any researcher. Our trainer is a Science Communicator and previous international 3MT winner who will show researchers how to turn research into the most interesting, engaging and memorable presentation possible. Discover the hints and tips that will make their talk stand out from the crowd, understand the use of body language and visualisation in presenting, how to banish nerves and engage your audience to give a confident performance.

Skills for life by Julia Shalet, : Persuasion is all about swaying the opinions of others and influencing is how you motivate them to act, without coercion! The goal of this session is for you to feel comfortable, confident and in control when trying to persuade and influence others. We’ll work through a simple process that you can apply to any situation and explore a model to help you vary your style to suit different personality types.

Intro to Python AM session and Data Analysis PM session by : Intro to Python morning session and data processing and analysis afternoon session.

This event is free (the SME-DTN funded by Research England Development Fund) pays for your refreshments and course fees) for SEPnet postgraduate researchers and you should be able to claim for your travel expenses either from your department or RTSG. If in doubt, please ask your department about the arrangements for claiming for your travel.