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DEVELOPING AND RETAINING PHD TALENT IN ENGLAND'S NORTHWEST

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Postgraduate Researchers in Science Medicine Conference 2008

Draft Programme

Time Session Venue

9:30 – 10:00

Registration
Tea and coffee will be available
Reception Room

10:00 – 10:15

Welcome & Introduction Main Plenary

10:15 – 10:45

Keynote Speech 1 – The Value of a PhD Main Plenary

10:45 – 11:15

Student Talks
For titles see abstract book
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Various

11:15 – 11:30

Break Reception Hall

11:30 – 13:00

Student Talks
For titles see abstract book
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Various

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch and Poster Session Reception Hall

14:00 – 14:45

Workshop Session 1 Various

14:50 – 15:35

Workshop Session 2 Various

15:35 – 15:50

Break Reception Hall

15:50 – 16:35

Workshop Session 3 Various

16:35 – 17:00

Closing Plenary and Prize Giving Main Plenary

WORKSHOP TOPICS

RESEARCH/GENERIC SKILLS

A. Presentation Skills: Feel the fear and do it anyway

B. How to survive the research experience

C. Research Ethics

RESEARCH COMMUNICATION/PUBLISHING

D. Academic Publishing: How to navigate the peer review process

E. Communicating Science to the Public

CAREERS

F. Careers in and outside of academia

G. How to get a job

H. Postdoctoral perspectives

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