• Training Room

    Giving Conference Papers
    Provider   Researcher Development Programme

    Participants will… Learn how to get started in the academic world. This workshop will give you confidence in academic conferences and symposia. How to prepare, deliver and defend your work.

Duration 1 half day

Course Type Workshop

Booking Status Waiting List

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Target Audience: PGRs

Conferences are an important and rewarding part of being a research student, postdoc or lecturer. This session gives you eleven pointers for giving a successful conference paper: They are logic, simplicity, illustration, beginning, ending, rehearsing, responding, body language and enjoyment. Also handling questions and networking.

By the end of the workshop you will have:

  • Learned to harness the power of nervousness 
  • Found out how to enjoy making presentations
  • Understood how to read an audience
  • Learned to listen and react to feedback 
  • Learned to conduct yourself in academic settings


Delivered By: ProfessorMe

Prerequisites

Cancellation Policy

If you are unable to attend a course please cancel your place as soon as possible, with at least 3 working days notice via the online booking system http://bookings.strath.ac.uk/mybookings.asp.

Full details of booking conditions can be found at the link below.

PG Certificate in Researcher Professional Development

All postgraduate research students are eligible to access the Researcher Development Programme workshops. This workshop can contribute towards the PG Certificate in Researcher Professional Development (PG Cert RPD).

You can find credit and class information in the Researcher Development Programme Handbook and in NEPTUNE (Engineering, HaSS) or SPIDER (Science).

Please check with your department or Supervisor to confirm if you are enrolled on the PG Cert RPD and how many credits you are expected to achieve if you are unsure.