LIV.INNO Introductory Skills School

20 Jan 2025, 09:00 → 24 Jan 2025, 17:00 Europe/London

Room 337 - Leo Carroll Suite (Liverpool Physics)

The LIV.INNO Introductory Skills School is for first year PhD students who are part of the LIV.INNO CDT and students of the EuPRAXIA Doctoral Network. 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 Science Communication as well as introduction to the Peer Review Process.

The school will also include a visit to the Cockcroft Institute at Daresbury with a tour of the facilities.

 

 

Monday, 20 January

09:00 → 10:00 Introduction

Paired Introductions: Participants generate flip chart poster of interview partner then present them to whole group.

10:00 → 10:30 Coffee break

10:30 → 11:30 Presentation Skills: Introduction

Basics of research presentations – an introduction to the Do’s and Don’ts of conference presentations.
During the week, participants will give 5-minute presentation in small groups about their PhD projects

All presentations will be video recorded

Feedback by: presenter, fellow students and tutor

11:30 → 12:30 Science communication

Focus on writing for the general public.

The writing process and structure
Thinking about the audience
Tips

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 14:30 Outreach project: Introduction

Plan your own outreach activity.

14:30 → 15:00 Coffee break

15:00 → 17:00 Outreach project: Planning

Plan your own outreach activity.

Tuesday, 21 January

09:00 → 12:30 Introduction to Project Management

This is an intense and compact 1/2-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

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 16:00 Introduction to Project Management: cont.

This is an intense and compact 1/2-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

16:00 → 17:00 Introduction to Peer Review

Wednesday, 22 January

07:45 → 09:00 Coach transport to Daresbury Laboratory

09:00 → 12:30 Presentation Skills: Presentations

Basics of research presentations – an introduction to the Do’s and Don’ts of conference presentations.
During the week, participants will give 5-minute presentation in small groups about their PhD projects

All presentations will be video recorded

Feedback by: presenter, fellow students and tutor

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 16:30 Tour of Daresbury Laboratory

16:30 → 18:00 Return transport to Liverpool

18:00 → 22:00 Social Activity

Thursday, 23 January

09:00 → 12:30 Outreach project: Planning and Sessions on 'Mental Health Awareness' and 'Managing you PhD'

Plan your own outreach activity.

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 17:00 Outreach project: Submit proposals

Plan your own outreach activity.

19:30 → 23:00 Special Dinner

Friday, 24 January

09:00 → 12:30 Outreach project: Presentations

Plan your own outreach activity.

12:30 → 13:00 End of school