Communication

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Cancelling: If you need to cancel your booking, please do so at your earliest opportunity and at least 3 days before the event. Someone else may be able to take your place, but we need time to contact them. Also, although you are not charged for an event, there are costs we incur (e.g. photocopying) which relate directly to places reserved.

How to cancel: you can cancel your booking via the MyEd Event Booking Channel. Go to MyEd and then the Event Booking Channel. Click on "My Bookings" - here you will have the option to cancel your place.

We maintain attendance registers; unexpected absences will be noted. If you consistently fail to attend, or repeatedly cancel with very short notice, you may be prevented from booking future IAD events.

Academic Communication Skills for New Postgraduate Researchers (CSCE and CMVM)
PGR Mid-Semester Welcome Event
Presentation Skills Workshop: School of GeoSciences

Academic Communication Skills for New Postgraduate Researchers (CSCE and CMVM)

Description	*First Year Students Only* This session is aimed primarily at first year international post-graduate research students whose first language is not English. It is intended to provide guidance to students who would like to feel more confident when communicating about their research, whether in interaction with their supervisors, or when presenting their research in written or spoken form. The workshop will cover: Email etiquette Making requests Presenting your research Extending your academic vocabulary Enhancing your writing through reading Other sources of help with academic writing Learning Outcomes - after attending this workshop you shoulod feel more confident about: Communicating with your supervisor Telling others about your research, in speech and in writing Working independently to enhance your academic English, using texts in your discipline and other resources The workshop will not cover research methods
Bookings	There are currently no events scheduled for this course. Please check back later.

Description

***First Year Students Only***

This session is aimed primarily at first year international post-graduate research students whose first language is not English.

It is intended to provide guidance to students who would like to feel more confident when communicating about their research, whether in interaction with their supervisors, or when presenting their research in written or spoken form. The workshop will cover:

Email etiquette
Making requests
Presenting your research
Extending your academic vocabulary
Enhancing your writing through reading
Other sources of help with academic writing

Learning Outcomes - after attending this workshop you shoulod feel more confident about:

Communicating with your supervisor
Telling others about your research, in speech and in writing
Working independently to enhance your academic English, using texts in your discipline and other resources

The workshop will not cover research methods

Bookings

There are currently no events scheduled for this course. Please check back later.

PGR Mid-Semester Welcome Event

Description	Postgraduate students arriving after Welcome Week still have the opportunity to attend University welcome events. This interactive welcome, hosted online by the Institute for Academic Developent, is suitable for those who have started a research degree recently. During the session, you will be provided with an overview of key expectations, training and support. how to manage your Research the support that is available to you at the University Library Services Edinburgh University Students Association
Bookings	There are currently no events scheduled for this course. Please check back later.

Description

Postgraduate students arriving after Welcome Week still have the opportunity to attend University welcome events.

This interactive welcome, hosted online by the Institute for Academic Developent, is suitable for those who have started a research degree recently. During the session, you will be provided with an overview of key expectations, training and support.

how to manage your Research
the support that is available to you at the University
Library Services
Edinburgh University Students Association

Bookings

There are currently no events scheduled for this course. Please check back later.

Presentation Skills Workshop: School of GeoSciences

Description	At every stage of your PhD being able to give a clear, effective and informative presentation is an important skill. This workshop, which mixes short interactive lectures, videos and discussion, teaches you the basic rules of giving presentations. This workshop is relevant for individuals from any discipline who have no previous presenting experience, and for those who wish to improve their skills. After the workshop each participant will: understand the importance of preparation know how to design a presentation – beginnings, middles and end be aware of the effective use of PowerPoint – less is more know how to deal with questions List of Learning Outcomes. By the end of this workshop, students should be able to: 1. Increase your confidence in developing your professional presence and know how you might present more persuasively2. Understand the origin and purpose of nerves, and how you might address them prior to giving a presentation3. Be better able to have an impact on your audience This course relates to domains B1 and D2 of the RDF
Bookings	There are currently no events scheduled for this course. Please check back later.

Description

At every stage of your PhD being able to give a clear, effective and informative presentation is an important skill. This workshop, which mixes short interactive lectures, videos and discussion, teaches you the basic rules of giving presentations. This workshop is relevant for individuals from any discipline who have no previous presenting experience, and for those who wish to improve their skills.

After the workshop each participant will:

understand the importance of preparation
know how to design a presentation – beginnings, middles and end
be aware of the effective use of PowerPoint – less is more
know how to deal with questions

List of Learning Outcomes. By the end of this workshop, students should be able to:

1. Increase your confidence in developing your professional presence and know how you might present more persuasively2. Understand the origin and purpose of nerves, and how you might address them prior to giving a presentation3. Be better able to have an impact on your audience

This course relates to domains B1 and D2 of the RDF

Bookings

There are currently no events scheduled for this course. Please check back later.

This article was published on 10 Jan, 2019