The Research Skills Programme RSP

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The Research Skills Programme (RSP)

• Average of 5 days of training per academic year
  for full-time, non-funded students
• Average of 10 days per academic year required for
  full-time students funded by Research Councils
  (AHRC, ESRC, etc)
• Pro-rata basis for part-time students (minimum of
  2.5 days of training per year)

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How do you meet your requirement

• courses from the RSP organised centrally by the
  Graduate School
• courses offered by your own department (providing
  they can be attended by students outside your
  department) or other departments within the
  College.
• workshops and reading groups such as the HARC
  Graduate Reading Group in Critical Theory
• on-line RSP Moodle courses 10 available at
  http//moodle.rhul.ac.uk
• inSTIL teacher-training programme organised by
  Academic Development Services
• opportunities outside Royal Holloway such as the
  training programme organised for postgraduate
  research students by St Georges, University of
  London (SGUL)

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How do I choose a course...

• The programme is found on the Graduate School
  website http//www.rhul.ac.uk/Graduate-School/.
• Click on Current Postgraduates
• Click on Research Skills Programme and then
  Research Skills Programme at Royal Holloway
• The courses are grouped under six themes
  Research Management and Critical Thinking,
  Entrepreneurship and Ethics, Career Development,
  Oral Communication, Written Communication,
  Information Technology

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How to register for a RSP course

• Click on the title of the course youre
  interested in
• Click on the link Register for this course
• Follow the guide to web registration via the
  student portal, Campus Connect.
• If you have any problems logging into Campus
  Connect, email ITSupport_at_rhul.ac.uk
• If you have any other problems with web
  registration email Graduate-School_at_rhul.ac.uk
• If you need to cancel or change a booking please
  email Graduate-School_at_rhul.ac.uk

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Compulsory courses

• The following courses are deemed compulsory for
  first-year students
• An Introduction to Information Services
• Managing Your Research
• CV Application Form Coaching
• Ethics A Practical View for Researchers
• Introduction to Presentation Skills
• Remember to record all the training you do on
  your Research Skills Training Log

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And finally, just remember.

• Check the Graduate School link to RSP for updated
  news information
• ? Feedback always welcome.
• Feedback forms circulated after each course are
  always read and noted which is how the programme
  is updated and develops every year.

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Contact details

• Email Graduate-School_at_rhul.ac.uk
• Telephone [phone]
• Office Huntersdale is our main base, but on days
  when courses are running we will be in Room IN144
  in the International Building on campus (next to
  Café Jules).