POSTGRADUATE SKILLS TRAINING

In addition to the present Department of Materials skills training webpage, containing information on training specifically provided for Materials graduate students, the MPLS Division provides a Divisional Career Development & Training Programme with courses to support the personal, professional and career development of graduate students and research staff.  

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
• Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IOM3) 
  

  iom3_introductory_talk_sarah_boad_2-11-2020.ppt

  iom3_introductory_talk_sarah_boad_2-11-2020.ppt

Owning a Successful DPhil

•  Research Supervision Website Introduction for students
•  Owning a Successful DPhil (JCCG, 2021)

Communication Skills Workshops

• Poster Presentation Skills 

  posters_-_pgr_skills_workshop_aot_2020.ppt

  posters_-_pgr_skills_workshop_aot_2020.ppt
• Also see ITLP portfolio - search for posters or for presentations
• Presenting a Research Talk
  

  presentation_skills_aot_2021.ppt

  presentation_skills_aot_2021.ppt
•  Writing Skills - Publishing and plagiarism plus intellectual property (Assender, 2021)
•  Writing Skills - writing styles and examples (Assender, 2021)
•  Writing Skills - technical aspects (Warren, 2021)
•  Writing Skills - Example document (Warren, 2021)

Careers Workshops

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

• looking_to_the_future_-_2020_programme.pdf

  looking_to_the_future_-_2020_programme.pdf

•  Industrial View (Norton, Rolls Royce, 2017)
•  Industrial View (Armstrong, Goodrich, 2011)

• looking_to_the_future_-_career_planning_social_media_profiles_resources_nicholson-laily_ou_careers_service_2020.pdf

  looking_to_the_future_-_career_planning_social_media_profiles_resources_nicholson-laily_ou_careers_service_2020.pdf

Careers and Networking evening with Alumni

• Programme and Biographies (2019 - to be added) (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 - Guidance for those coming to the end of their time in the Department (UG, PGR & Post-doc). 

  active_job_hunting_evans_ou_careers_service_oct_2019.pdf

  active_job_hunting_evans_ou_careers_service_oct_2019.pdf

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 

    delivering_a_course_of_ug_lectures_-_programme_2019.pdf

    delivering_a_course_of_ug_lectures_-_programme_2019.pdf
  • Slides 
    

    delivering_a_course_of_lectures_abridged_combined_aot_bs_cs_slides_2019_aot_2019.ppt

    delivering_a_course_of_lectures_abridged_combined_aot_bs_cs_slides_2019_aot_2019.ppt