LIV.INNO Introductory Skills School

3 Apr 2023, 09:00 → 6 Apr 2023, 15:30 Europe/London

126 Mount Pleasant

The LIV.INNO Introductory Skills School is for first year PhD students who are part of the LIV.INNO CDT and all other first year PhD students from the Department of Physics. It covers many of the non-academic skills which are required to complete a PhD and will be useful in delegates careers after they finish their PhDs.  

Sessions include Presentation Skills, Project Management and Writing Science as well as introductions to Intellectual Property and the Peer Review Process.

 

 

Main Menu 2023.pdf

Monday, 3 April

1 Introduction

Speaker: Carsten Welsch (University of Liverpool)

LIV.INNO - Skills School Kickoff Meeting - CPWelsch.pptx

Presentation Skills (Science Made Simple)

This half-day session will help CDT participants develop presentation skills which can be applied in a range of public speaking environments. Keeping in mind that the cohort will be planning their content for Daresbury Open Week as part of their training week, but also require support to participate through presentations and conversations at academic conferences, the session will include activities which can be used directly to help structure academic talks and engagement with non-technical audiences.
The session will cover:
• Who is your audience?
• What is your message?
• Why should they care?
• Tackling jargon
• Structuring your message
• Standing on a stand - attracting a transient audience

Presentation Skills Training_Cockcroft Intstitute 3Apr23.pdf

12:30 Lunch

Presentation Skills (Science Made Simple)

This half-day session will help CDT participants develop presentation skills which can be applied in a range of public speaking environments. Keeping in mind that the cohort will be planning their content for Daresbury Open Week as part of their training week, but also require support to participate through presentations and conversations at academic conferences, the session will include activities which can be used directly to help structure academic talks and engagement with non-technical audiences.
The session will cover:
• Who is your audience?
• What is your message?
• Why should they care?
• Tackling jargon
• Structuring your message
• Standing on a stand - attracting a transient audience

Presentation Skills Training_Cockcroft Intstitute 3Apr23.pdf

Introduction to outreach (Naomi Smith)

This session will cover the things participants need to think about when doing outreach and present some examples of things they might do. Participants will also be introduced to the outreach task which will be completed over the course of the week.

Outreach presentation.pptx

Outreach planning

Time to start planning your outreach activity!

IP Management (Appleyard Lees)

An introductory session to Intellectual Property (IP) which will cover what IP is and why you might need to know about this during your PhD. The session will also introduce how and when you might want to apply for a patent.

Tuesday, 4 April

Introduction to Project Management (Fistral)

This is an intense and compact 1-day course that provides a high-level overview of key PM techniques and concepts. It offers an introduction to the process of managing projects and the tools to assist in planning and tracking progress; this course is intended to be immediately applicable to planning and managing academic and research projects as well as commercial projects. It covers the theory and principles of project management within the context of the Project Management Institute.
During this 1-day course, participants will:
• Learn the basics of the project planning process and receive tools and techniques that can be used immediately on any project
• Appreciate the fundamental principles of a well-led and well directed project, such as identifying and scheduling tasks, activities, milestones and understanding and managing stakeholders
• Be aware of the critical factors that will influence project success
• Use practical, group-based exercises to reinforce and enhance the skills learned
• Create work breakdown structures, network diagrams, critical path analysis, Gantt charts and other techniques that ensure robust project control

Fistral PM1 Participant Slideset_FR.pdf

12:30 Lunch

Introduction to Project Management (Fistral)

This is an intense and compact 1-day course that provides a high-level overview of key PM techniques and concepts. It offers an introduction to the process of managing projects and the tools to assist in planning and tracking progress; this course is intended to be immediately applicable to planning and managing academic and research projects as well as commercial projects. It covers the theory and principles of project management within the context of the Project Management Institute.
During this 1-day course, participants will:
• Learn the basics of the project planning process and receive tools and techniques that can be used immediately on any project
• Appreciate the fundamental principles of a well-led and well directed project, such as identifying and scheduling tasks, activities, milestones and understanding and managing stakeholders
• Be aware of the critical factors that will influence project success
• Use practical, group-based exercises to reinforce and enhance the skills learned
• Create work breakdown structures, network diagrams, critical path analysis, Gantt charts and other techniques that ensure robust project control

Fistral PM1 Participant Slideset_FR.pdf

Wednesday, 5 April

Introduction to Peer Review (Dr Eva Vilella-Figueras)

This session will cover what peer review is and how the process works. It will take you through the process from the point of view of a contributor and a reviewer. The session will mainly concentrate on peer review in academic journals but will also talk about the process in the context of applying for funding.

0_20230405_Peer_review_Vilella.pdf

Outreach planning

Continue to plan your outreach activity.

12:30 Lunch

Science Writing (Andrew Glester, Science Communication Unit, University of the West of England)

This session will introduce science writing across several different areas. Writing for websites and newsletters will be covered and delegates will have the opportunity to start writing their own stories. Delegates will also have the opportunity to research a story for a blog and social media will be covered with delegates having the opportunity to suggest tweets to promote their other work. Please come to this session with some ideas about what you might want to write about.

News Writing and Blogging Liverpool University students.pptx

PressRelease.docx

Thursday, 6 April

Outreach planning

Time to start planning your outreach activity!

12:30 Lunch

Outreach presentations and outreach reviews

A chance for each group to present their outreach ideas to the rest of the delegates