POSTGRADUATE SKILLS TRAINING

MPLS Graduate Training provides a Divisional Course Programme with courses to support the personal, professional and career development of graduate students and research staff. In addition the Graduate Academic Programme (GAP) on weblearn brings together all the training available in MPLS Departments. There is also the Department of Materials skills training webpage with information about training specifically provided for Materials graduate students.

Departmental Skills Training Resources

The Department of Materials offers a wide range of skills training events each year. These are summarized in the "Introduction to Postgraduate Skills Training" document available below (This is an extract from our Graduate Course Handbook, which also contains links to other skills training resources). The slide shows presented at the most recent delivery of several skills training events are also available via the links below. (The dates refer to the latest revision, not the most recent year of delivery).

•  Introduction to Skills Training (2017)
• The UK Research Councils Vitae website is also very useful (http://www.vitae.ac.uk).
• See also MPLS Graduate Training (http://www.mpls.ox.ac.uk/training).

PRESENTATIONS GIVEN AT SKILLS TRAINING WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS

General

See also presentations listed under postgraduate induction

•  Literature Searching - Electronic Resources for Materials Science (Ristic, OULS, 2008)
•  Project Management Workshop, NSG (Pilkingtons) (PD Warren, 2017)
•  Example Gantt Chart for Project Management (2017)
•  IOM3 Introductory Talk (Boad, 2018)

Owning a Successful DPhil

•  Research Supervision Website Introduction for students
•  Owning a Successful DPhil (JCCG, 2011)

Communication Skills Workshops

•  Poster Presentation Skills (AOT, 2017)
• Also see ITLP portfolio - search for posters or for presentations
•  Presentation Skills (AOT, 2018)
•  Writing Skills Part1 - literary aspects, Lab notebooks and IPR (Assender, 2016)
•  Writing Skills Part2 - technical aspects (Warren, 2016)
•  Writing Skills - Example document (Warren, 2016)

Careers Workshops

Career planning - looking to the future, for Year 1 PGR

•  Looking to the Future Programme - 2017
•  Industrial View (Norton, Rolls Royce, 2017)
•  Career Planning and Resources (Evans, OUCaS, 2017)
•  Industrial View (Armstrong, Goodrich, 2011)

Careers and Networking evening with Alumni

•  Programme and Biographies (2017) (weblearn authentication required)
•  The Commerce of Metals (Geddes, 2011)
•  Example of the role of a Materials Engineer (Armstrong, Goodrich, 2011)
•  Oil and Gas Industry, Consulting Engineers (Cameron, Wood Group, 2011)
•  Banking and Financial Services (Saran, RBS, 2011)

Careers Resources

•  Active Job Hunting (Evans, OU Careers Service, 2018)
  - Guidance for those coming to the end of their time in the Department (UG, PGR & Post-doc).

Quality and Environmental Management Workshop

•  ISO 9001-14001, Quality Management and Environmental Management, Rolls Royce (Orton, 2009)

Teaching Skills Presentations

Tutoring

• •  Tutoring Materials Maths Classes (Galano, 2016)
  •  Tutoring Materials Science (Speller, 2016)

Delivering a course of Lectures

• •  Programme (2018)
  •  Combined AOT, BS & CS slides 2018 (AoT, 2017).pdf