Logbooks

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Logbooks Skills AnalysesDeveloping Generic
Skills for Research Students

• Kevin Hammond
• School of Computer Science
• Postgraduate Pro Dean (Faculty of Science)

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Personal Skills Development

• Structured and supported process
• reflect on learning, performance and achievement
• plan for personal educational and career
  development
• identify new needs and requirements

supported by school and supervisor
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What the Code of Practice Says

• Each session the principal supervisor must draw
  up a schedule of research skills needs for each
  student.
• Schools must provide research students with
  training in techniques and research methods
  appropriate to the academic discipline and
  individual needs.
• The student is responsible for adhering to the
  training schedule and should be supported in this
  respect by the supervisors.
• The principal supervisor has responsibility for
  monitoring progress and should report on whether
  the research skills training has been
  satisfactorily completed as part of the annual
  progress review process
• Research students are required to keep a log of
  all research skills training and career
  development that they undertake throughout their
  programme.

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Personal Progress Files (Logbooks)

• Owned by you individually
• Includes
• transcript
• plan (skills analysis)
• record of learning
• Enables you to record, analyze and select
  material to produce focused personal statements
  (e.g. CVs)

Implemented by the postgraduate logbook
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The Logbook

• In two parts
• Part 1 University section (generic)
• Part 2 School section (specific)

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The Skills Analysis

• Determine which skills are needed
• Analysis based around courses provided by the
  University/School

Student already has skills
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?
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Student doesnt need skills
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Only some Course Titlesare pre-filled

• Others are filled according to your needs and
  course availability

Programming in Microsoft C
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Time Managementfor research students
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Producing a Bibliography
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A Good Skills Analysis
Research councils expect 2 weeks p.a. including
induction on-the-job training

• Applies common sense
• proposes courses that are useful to you
• advises the right number of courses
• enough to be effective
• but not so many that you have no time for
  anything else

you should take 2 courses each semester (plus
induction)

• Chooses the right level of course/training
• university, school, research group

• Is thorough
• even if you have taken one (or more) course(s)
  you may still need more!

we cant predict all needs, but wewill listen to
suggestions

• Is aware of changing needs
• takes account of how you have developed
• identifies your most urgent needs
• informs us of new requirements

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Reflecting on Courses
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How to ensure I use my supervisors timewell
how to exploit dead timehow to ask the right
questions.
Personal reflection, not assessed.
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Record of Teaching and Talks
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Annual Progress Review Form
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