To Register for Any of the Sessions Please Email Gillian Sanders, Giving at Least Two Days'

To register for any of the sessions please email Gillian Sanders, giving at least two days' notice.
Easter Term 2016

Thursday 21 April, 6-7pm. Roger Needham Room
Thesis Writing from the Examiner's Perspective
Workshop run by Professor Michael Langford
If you have a VIVA coming up some time in the next year, please try not to miss this session, led by Professor Michael Langford who was until recently an Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Divinity. Educated at Oxford and London, Prof Langford has examined many PhD theses (as well as MPhil and undergraduate theses) in his career as professor of philosophy and medical ethics at Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada. He has some important information and practical insights to share with you, which can help you succeed in your viva. Even if your viva is not imminent, it is helpful to know roughly what your examiners will be looking for, so please join us!
Thursday 12 May, 6-7pm. Roger Needham Room
Sharing Work Effectively
Workshop run by Dr Danny Kingsley, Head of the Office of Scholarly Communication
In a modern connected world, publishing a paper is in many ways the beginning of the process for communicating your work to your colleagues and the wider world. Sharing work effectively may sound difficult but there are plenty of good tools to help busy academics ensure their work is widely disseminated and well read. This talk by Dr Danny Kingsley, Head of the Office of Scholarly Communication, will discuss some of the ways to manage your online presence, how to make your work open access - and how this will help ensure you have future funding. The University provides considerable support for these activities which will be detailed. There will be lots of time for questions.

Thursday 19 May, 6-7pm. Roger Needham Room
Getting Started with Twitter for Research and Networking
Workshop run by Meg Westbury, Librarian, Wolfson College Lee Library
If you’re not on Twitter, you’re likely missing out on some great information-sharing and networking opportunities. Academics use Twitter every day to connect with like-minded thinkers, share ideas and broaden the reach of their research. It’s like a virtual coffee hour at a conference and has become an incredibly important professional development tool. In this class, we will discuss the benefits of using Twitter, how to get started and best practices, along with hearing from current academic Twitter users and why they tweet.
Thursday 26 May, 6-7pm. Roger Needham Room
Creating Great Posters for Academic Conferences
Workshop run by Meg Westbury, Librarian, Wolfson College Lee Library
In this session, you will learn tips and tricks for creating great-looking and informative posters for academic conferences. We will discuss the point of posters, best practices, how to get started with templates, design software and where in Cambridge to print your masterpiece, along with some tips for how to present your poster at conferences. We’ll also look at several examples of how not to design a poster!
Thursday 2 June, 6-7pm. Roger Needham Room
Tips for Creating a Great LinkedIn Profile
Workshop run by Meg Westbury, Librarian, Wolfson College Lee Library
LinkedIn is probably the single best way to create a professional online presence for yourself having increased exponentially in popularity and reach over the past few years. In this class, we will discuss the benefits of having a LinkedIn profile and best practices for creating a compelling and professional profile – it’s far easier than you might think!
Thursday 9 June, 6-7:30pm. Gatsby Room (Wolfson students only)
Job Interview Skills
Workshop run by Dr Ana Luisa Toribio
Interviewing is a learned skill. Your grades, experience and skills are only a part of what you can offer at a job interview. From the first door you walk through to the final greeting, there are many opportunities to impress during your job interview. We will review strategies to enhance your interview skills: what you do, what you say, and how you say it. We will also focus on the type of questions you may receive: closed questions, hypothetical questions, using examples.