Department of Engineering course timetable

Why this course might make a difference:

This course is designed to enable participants to finish their PhD successfully and move on to the next stage of their careers. By the end of this course you will know:

• what you need to do to submit
• how to prepare for your Viva
• how to plan for life after the PhD

Topics covered:

• PhD submission process
• Viva: What to expect and how to prepare
• Careers: How to do decide what to do, different career options

A CaRS session for undergraduates.

Making sure you reference the works of others in your academic writing is an important skill to master early, as it becomes second nature it allows you to focus on your reading and writing. This session will focus on:

• What plagiarism is
• What referencing is
• What information is needed for citations and bibliographies
• How to reference in APA, Harvard and IEEE
• And where to go for help

You do not need to bring anything with you to the class as everything will be supplied.

Please email any questions to cued-library@eng.cam.ac.uk

A CaRS session for undergraduates.

If you are in need of some guidance on how to create an Engineering Report, this may be for you. This session will focus on:

• Identify key characteristics
• Understand structure
• Guidance on writing style
• Using tables and figures effectively
• Editing with an eye for improvement

You do not need to bring anything with you to the class as everything will be supplied.

This interactive, in-person session aims to help you develop your literature review. Alongside learning how to find academic sources from the online course "Learning to Search" [link], in this session you will find out how to transform your sources into a coherent argument and cover:

• The key aims of a literature review
• Critical reading
• Note taking
• Reference managers
• Structuring your review
• Knowing when you can stop searching

A CaRS session for undergraduates.

Making sure you reference the works of others in your academic writing is an important skill to master early, as it becoming second nature allows you to focus on your reading and writing. This session will focus on:

• What plagiarism is
• What referencing is
• What information is needed for citations and bibliographies
• How to reference in APA, Harvard and IEEE
• And where to go for help

You do not need to bring anything with you to the class as everything will be supplied.

Please email any questions to cued-library@eng.cam.ac.uk

A 40min discussion with Sue Jackson, to discover which researcher development activities would be best for you whilst at the University of Cambridge.

A 40min discussion with Sue Jackson, to discover which researcher development activities would be best for you whilst at the University of Cambridge.

A 40min discussion with Sue Jackson, to discover which researcher development activities would be best for you whilst at the University of Cambridge.

A 40min discussion with Sue Jackson, to discover which researcher development activities would be best for you whilst at the University of Cambridge.

This interactive, in-person session aims to help you develop your literature review. Alongside learning how to find academic sources from the online course "Learning to Search" [link], in this session you will find out how to transform your sources into a coherent argument and cover:

• The key aims of a literature review
• Critical reading
• Note taking
• Reference managers
• Structuring your review
• Knowing when you can stop searching

A 40min discussion with Sue Jackson, to discover which researcher development activities would be best for you whilst at the University of Cambridge.

A CaRS session for undergraduates.

Creating a poster can be a tricky balancing act of what to include and how to present it. This class will take you through the process from beginning to the end and look at:

• Deciding on content and structure
• Design basics
• Editing your poster
• Presenting with your poster

A 40min discussion with Sue Jackson, to discover which researcher development activities would be best for you whilst at the University of Cambridge.

A 40min discussion with Sue Jackson, to discover which researcher development activities would be best for you whilst at the University of Cambridge.

A 40min discussion with Sue Jackson, to discover which researcher development activities would be best for you whilst at the University of Cambridge.

A 40min discussion with Sue Jackson, to discover which researcher development activities would be best for you whilst at the University of Cambridge.

A CaRS session for undergraduates.

If you are in need of some guidance on how to create an Engineering Report, this may be for you. This session will focus on:

• Identify key characteristics
• Understand structure
• Guidance on writing style
• Using tables and figures effectively
• Editing with an eye for improvement

You do not need to bring anything with you to the class as everything will be supplied.

A 40min discussion with Sue Jackson, to discover which researcher development activities would be best for you whilst at the University of Cambridge.

A 40min discussion with Sue Jackson, to discover which researcher development activities would be best for you whilst at the University of Cambridge.

A 40min discussion with Sue Jackson, to discover which researcher development activities would be best for you whilst at the University of Cambridge.

A 40min discussion with Sue Jackson, to discover which researcher development activities would be best for you whilst at the University of Cambridge.