Graduate School of Life Sciences course timetable

How do you make your research palatable to the press? Do you stumble and fumble when in front of a camera? Are you protective about your research, wary of handing over all your hard work to a journalist? Join Dr Eliza Filby, founder of GradTrain and lecturer at King's College London for this one-day media training course especially designed for researchers interested in engaging with the media at all levels.

During this one hour presentation I will introduce you to the challenging and diverse topic of regulatory affairs in the pharmaceutical industry and cover some of the aspects we are faced with day to day in the country role. In particular we will look at some of the issues faced with fraudulent and counterfeit medicines and when looking at promotional affairs and product claim development, as these are the two topics for a potential project with Gilead.

About Gilead Sciences Gilead is one of the world's most successful biotech companies with a current market capitalisation of over $150 billion, Gilead Sciences Inc. (www.gilead.com) is a leading research-based biopharmaceutical company which discovers, develops and commercialises innovative medicines in life-threatening diseases. Gilead's primary areas of focus include HIV/AIDS, liver diseases, respiratory diseases, cardiovascular/metabolic diseases, inflammation and oncology

About Alan Collins Alan has 18 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry and is a Director of Regulatory Affairs at Gilead Sciences. Alan's experience covers the many diverse areas of regulatory affairs, plus pricing and reimbursement, medical affairs, business conduct and auditing - he has never had two working days the same and enjoys the variety and challenge of his role.

A one day master class in communication from an external trainer who has previously been employed as a hostage negotiator and detective in the Metropolitan Police Force. Participants will gain a practical insight into how professional communicators communicate, and how it can be applied in everyday life.

At the end of the session participants will:

• Know how to persuade and influence effectively
• Understand how to have greater impact when communicating
• Have practiced the fundamental tools of professional communicators

Topics:

• Levels of communication
• Trust
• Stages of active listening
• Non-judgmental language
• Achieving win/win
• Building rapport
• Dos and don’ts

Please note that due to the popularity of this course any cancellations must be received by 10th July. Cancellation after this date, non-attendance or failure to attend for the full day will incur a cancellation fee of £50 and blocking from further attendance. Only book if you know you can come!

What is required to develop efficient and productive working relationships?

In this workshop we explore research that provides insight into individuals’ different working styles and how to exploit individual strengths to create an effective team. We explore the research of Meredith Belbin and his team role theory using practical exercises to confirm your team role strengths.

• Understand the facets of an effective team
• Belbin team role insight
• Learning styles and communication techniques
• An insight into individual motivations and drivers

Trainer: Caroline Broad is a Philosophy graduate, with seven years experience working in the bio science industry and 15 years delivering skills development workshops.

Come over to our introductory workshop to research data management and learn how not to get lost in our own research data (and how not to lose your data!).

The workshop will cover the following aspects of research data management:

• Data storage and backup;

• Data organisation;

• Strategies for file exchange with collaborators;

• Sharing research data;

• How to create data management plans.

The workshop is open to all students and postdocs, and refreshments will be provided.

About the trainer:

The course trainer is managing the Research Data Services in Cambridge (http://www.data.cam.ac.uk/open-data-team) and was a PhD student in life sciences at the Gurdon Institute at the University of Cambridge.

This day workshop will help you publish your research paper in the most effective way, so that many people will read, cite and build on it, thus progressing your career. The course is for PhD students and postdocs at any stage, whether or not you have already written or published a paper. It focuses on how to write your research paper, how to navigate the peer review process and how to choose a journal for it.

Trainer

Anna Sharman PhD is an experienced researcher trainer who has been an in-house biology journal editor and scientific publishing consultant. She can give insider insights into how to write and publish scientific journal papers most effectively.

Cancellation and Non-attendance Policy

Due to high demand the GSLS will not accept cancellations within 48 hours of the start of the course. Cancellations must be registered by 10am on Sunday 25th September. Any cancellations after this point will be treated as non-attendance.

Non-attendance on this course will result in you being invoiced for £50 to cover expenses.

By booking on this course you are accepting these terms.

This workshop, led by Understanding Animal Research, provides advice and practical information on how best to talk about the use of animals in your research in line with the Concordat on Openness on Animal Research.

This course will be held in L2, The Gurdon Institute http://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/about/travel

Turn your research into a story that both excites and enthuses your audience.

Explore how your research ideas can be translated and discussed in the public domain, using storytelling as one tool for organising a structured research narrative. Develop a summary of your research for different audiences including general public, policymakers and journalists.

The course takes an evidence-based approach to writing. Participants will learn that publishing is a game and the more they understand the rules of the game the higher their chances of becoming publishing authors. They will learn that writing an academic article and getting it published may help with their careers but it does not make them better researchers, or cleverer than they were before their paper was accepted; it simply means they have played the game well.

Suitable for GSLS postgraduates in any discipline who are keen to learn how to write academic papers and articles efficiently as well as more established researchers who have had papers rejected and are not really sure why.

If you want a better chance of your name on a paper, this is for you!

Trainer

Olivia Timbs is an award-winning editor and journalist with over 30 years' experience gained from working on national newspapers and for a range of specialist health and medical journals.

Cancellation and Non-attendance Policy Due to high demand we cannot accept cancellations for this course within 48 hours prior to the event. Any cancellations made after 9:30am on 8th November will be considered as a non-attendance. Participants who do not attend on the day will be subject to a £50 fee. By booking a place on the course you accept these terms.

The course will look at the purpose of a presentation and how to choose an effective medium to get a research message across to a public audience. The half-day workshop is highly interactive, giving all participants in this small group (max. 8 people) the opportunity to develop, practice and present their own short piece.

One session - four medicine and life science databases - widest coverage for your literature search. PubMed is great, but it doesn't cover all the journals relevant to life sciences and medicine. Embase, Web of Science and Scopus can also be relevant and each covers unique material. Come to this hands-on session to learn how to get the best from each of these "4 tops".

Participants will need to bring their own laptop or tablet and be able to connect to Eduroam (http://www.ucs.cam.ac.uk/wireless/eduroam/localusers)

Location is 17 Mill Lane (http://www.training.cam.ac.uk/venue/1795736) - please check instructions on how to find the venue.

The course takes an evidence-based approach to writing. Participants will learn that publishing is a game and the more they understand the rules of the game the higher their chances of becoming publishing authors. They will learn that writing an academic article and getting it published may help with their careers but it does not make them better researchers, or cleverer than they were before their paper was accepted; it simply means they have played the game well.

Suitable for GSLS postgraduates in any discipline who are keen to learn how to write academic papers and articles efficiently as well as more established researchers who have had papers rejected and are not really sure why.

If you want a better chance of your name on a paper, this is for you!

Trainer

Olivia Timbs is an award-winning editor and journalist with over 30 years' experience gained from working on national newspapers and for a range of specialist health and medical journals.

Cancellation and Non-attendance Policy Due to high demand we cannot accept cancellations for this course within 48 hours prior to the event. Any cancellations made after this time will be considered as a non-attendance. Participants who do not attend on the day will be subject to a £50 fee. By booking a place on the course you accept these terms.

Are you looking to create eye-catching yet informative materials for your public engagement?

Whether it’s a poster to promote an event, a leaflet to explain, or a worksheet for an activity, it’s crucial to get it right. This course will provide you with the tools and knowledge to create striking visual communications that will attract your audience and convey your key messages effectively.

This course has practical components which will enable participants to:

• Develop an appreciation of what makes a good resource for visual communication
• Understand how visual communications can be adapted to reach different audiences
• Grasp principles of design including text, images and branding (including Cambridge Festivals branding)
• Put theory into practice using Canva (Publisher and Adobe may also be covered depending on participant needs)

Your lab notebook is one of the most important and precious objects you, as a scientist, will ever have. This course will explore how keeping an exemplary laboratory notebook is crucial to good scientific practice in lab research. The course will consist of a short talk, a chance to assess some examples of good and bad practice, with plenty of time for questions and discussion. You might like to bring along your own lab notebook for feedback. (Please note that issues relating to protection of Intellectual Property Rights will not be covered in this course).

This is a CSTP optional component

This interactive session will provide the opportunity to start to plan an activity or lesson for secondary school students. You'll be trained by, and given feedback from, qualified teachers and current researchers working at The Brilliant Club (http://www.thebrilliantclub.org/).

This session will cover two main areas:

• Practical tips on how to turn your research into a taster session for pupils, ensuring they are interactive and how to manage practical demonstrations
• An overview of the British education system and context in local schools

CSaP’s (Centre for Science and Policy) Professional Development Policy Workshops bring together early-career researchers and civil servants. The workshop will offer researchers an insight into how evidence and expertise is sought and used by government.

It will consist of a series of panel discussions and worked examples covering relevant topics such as earthquakes, volcanic hazards, climate, ecology, conservation and biodiversity. Speakers from academia, industry and government will discuss their own experiences of gathering and presenting expert advice and evidence for policy – how the process works, the types of policy issues that require evidence, and examples of what has and hasn’t worked well.

The final session will introduce a live policy issue. Assuming the role of policy advisers and working in teams, attendees will use what they have learned throughout the day, as well as draw on their own knowledge and skills, to come up with recommendations on a particular policy issue for their ‘minister’. List of speakers:

• Professor Charles Kennel (Director Emeritus, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego)

• Professor Bill Sutherland (Miriam Rothschild Professor in Conservation Biology, Dept of Zoology, University of Cambridge)

• Professor Graeme Reid (Professor of Science and Research Policy, University College London)

• Dr Emma Hennessey (Head of Science and Innovation Team, and Deputy Chief Scientific Adviser, Foreign & Commonwealth Office)

• Jane Rumble (Head of Polar Regions Department, Foreign & Commonwealth Office)

• Dr Emily So (Senior Lecturer at the Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge)

Why is YouTube popular? Because people love watching videos. A research video can be a great way to get your message across to your collaborators, your friends, and the wider world as well as being a condition of some funding bodies.

But it isn't easy to do well - and this is where this course will make a difference. Come along and learn the skills needed to plan and shoot high quality footage for research videos so that your video can stand out from the crowd. You just need yourself, a camera phone and your enthusiasm!

Shot your film? Got lots of video clips, photographs & audio you want to bring together to make one video? Then you need the skills to edit.

Editing software is now much more readily available and the only thing stopping you is attaining the skills. Come along to learn how to edit using your own computer. From the basics of cutting, to adding soundtracks & audio mixing. No matter what your level of experience, teaching & advice will be provided by a pro filmmaker Ryd Cook.

Attendance to “Shooting Your Research Video” is not compulsory, but strongly recommended.

The course takes an evidence-based approach to writing. Participants will learn that publishing is a game and the more they understand the rules of the game the higher their chances of becoming publishing authors. They will learn that writing an academic article and getting it published may help with their careers but it does not make them better researchers, or cleverer than they were before their paper was accepted; it simply means they have played the game well.

Suitable for GSLS postgraduates in any discipline who are keen to learn how to write academic papers and articles efficiently as well as more established researchers who have had papers rejected and are not really sure why.

If you want a better chance of your name on a paper, this is for you!

Trainer

Olivia Timbs is an award-winning editor and journalist with over 30 years' experience gained from working on national newspapers and for a range of specialist health and medical journals.

Cancellation and Non-attendance Policy Due to high demand we cannot accept cancellations for this course within 48 hours prior to the event. Any cancellations made after this time will be considered as a non-attendance. Participants who do not attend on the day will be subject to a £50 fee. By booking a place on the course you accept these terms.

This workshop is specifically designed to help you start planning your career or, if you have already started, to gain further perspectives on career pathways. The workshop will concentrate on different aspects of career development both within and outside academia. It is led by Katie Hewitt, a careers specialist, and it will help you reflect on how the skills that you have learned during your PhD or postdoc could be used to foster your career. Moreover, speakers from different sectors (e.g. consultancy, policy, publishing, etc.) will come and give their perspectives followed by a questions and answer session and networking lunch.

This interactive session will provide the opportunity to start to plan an activity or lesson for secondary school students. You'll be trained by, and given feedback from, qualified teachers and current researchers working at The Brilliant Club (http://www.thebrilliantclub.org/).

This session will cover two main areas:

• Practical tips on how to turn your research into a taster session for pupils, ensuring they are interactive and how to manage practical demonstrations
• An overview of the British education system and context in local schools