School of Life Sciences
Induction for Postgraduate Research Students

Please note that the sessions in green are just for selected groups. Please attend all other sessions.


Monday 3 October 2016

09:00 – 10:00 / Collection of University Cards (Student Reception, Senate House)
10:00 – 10:15 / Walk to Gibbet Hill Campus (meet in Life Sciences Reception) / Through Tocil wood
10:30 - 12:30
11:00 / Welcome from Head of School of Life Sciences (BSR1)
Introduction to School of Life Sciences (BSR1)
Introduction to the Training Programme (BSR1)
Introduction to the Certificate in Transferable Skills (15 mins) / Laura Green
Bruno Frenguelli/Keith Leppard
Robert Spooner
Nikola Chmel
Nikki Glover
12:30 – 13:30 / Lunch break (not provided)
13:30 – 14:30 / IT Services Induction for PhD students (ICL Suite) / SLS IT Team
14:30 – 15:30
15:30 – 15:45 / Health and Safety Presentation
Break / Ian Graham
15:45 – 16:00 / Introduction to the Technical Services Team (BSR1) / Cathy Parry, Rob Eason
16:00 - 16:30 / Gibbet Hill Campus Tour / Anna York
16:30 – 18:00 / Introduction to PG SSLC and Quiz (Atrium) / PG SSLC
18:00 / Social event – Pizza, Drinks and Games (Atrium) / All Students

Tuesday 4 October 2016

10:00 / Laboratory Induction Session at Gibbet Hill / Split group (not everyone)
11:30 – 11:50 / IT Services Induction for MScR students (ICL Suite)
14:00 – 15:00 / Health Surveillance Presentation for Plant Scientists working at Gibbet Hill (BSR1) / Jayne Watkin Occupational Health

Wednesday 5 October 2016

09:45 – 10:45 / Resources and Services (ICL Suite) / Samantha Johnson
10:45 – 11:00 / Break
11:00 – 12:30 / EndNote training (ICL Suite) / Samantha Johnson
12:30 – 13:30 / Lunch break (not provided)
13:30 – 14:00 / Photographs (BSR1) / Nikki Glover
14:00 – 15:00 / Being an Effective Researcher Mini-Workshop (BSR1) / Emma Smith

Thursday 6 October 2016

11:00 / Laboratory Induction Session at Gibbet Hill / Split group (not everyone)
14:00 – 14:30 / Safe use of Centrifuges (BSR1) / Andrews Laboratory Services
14:30 – 15:30 / Biosafety / Ian Graham

Friday 7 October 2016

10:00 – 11:00 / Health Surveillance Presentation for Plant Scientists working at Wellesbourne (PP0.27) / Jayne Watkin Occupational Health

1.9.16 This schedule is subject to change. For more details contact Nikki Glover at: