| 23rd March 2015: |
Managing People
- Learned the principles of performance management and frameworks to help get the best out of people
- Understood how to work within organisational guidelines to accomplish team goals
- Effectively planned and allocated work, and monitored a team's performance against that plan
- Understand the importance of motivation and morale in improving performance
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| 20th March 2015: |
Advocacy Skills
- Learned how to tactfully assert my own interests, points of view, rights and needs
- Investigated techniques for making informed decisions in a logical and rational manner, and taking responsibility for those decisions
- Improved skills for overcoming objections and concerns when communicating with customers, clients, colleagues and stakeholders, including the resolution of supply chain and political issues
- Learned strategies to remain calm and confidently defend a position under pressure
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| 24th November 2014: |
Using Posters to Communicate Research
- Developed techniques to produce informative, well-designed, professional posters
- Considered techniques to address the needs of the intended audience
- Appraised example posters and reflected on my past posters and those of others
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| 9th December 2013: |
Research Planning and Time Management
- Investigated a variety of different standard project planning and management techniques
- Considered the importance of identifying and scheduling activities, delegating tasks, creating and tracking milestones, and identifying projects that are in need of more attention
- Developed an awareness of the role of stakeholders in the planning and management process
- Applied these new skills to my research tasks
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| 9th December 2013: |
How to Store and Back Up Data Securely
- Increased awareness of the legal and ethical issues surrounding data storage and back up.
- Discussion of the roles of encryption and access control for data of differing sensitivities
- Selection of the most appropriate data storage and back up methods for different situations
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| 21st November 2013: |
Presentation Skills
- Considered the needs of different audiences and methods to address them
- Improved my use of voice, pace, gestures, body language and audience engagement during presentations
- Explored techniques for delivering confidently and professionally, particularly during questioning
- Reflected upon my own presentation skills and those of others, both giving and receiving constructive feedback
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| 18th September 2013: |
Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
- Considered how different aspects of teaching and learning in higher education can be applied to physics
- Connected recent pedagogy with personal experience to develop compelling learning and teaching methodologies
- Explored the knowledge, understanding, skills and values required by students to learn effectively in modern higher education
- Reflected on my practice and that of others with an aim to improving teaching and learning within physics
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