GRADUATE SCHOOL
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

List of Courses Particularly Relevant to Master's Students

Induction / Research Skills Programmes

• Arts & Humanities Research Skills Programme for Postgraduate Students
  

Library / Electronic and Archive Resources

• Library Resources for Graduates
  
• Library Skills Training for Science and Engineering Students
  
• Library Skills Training for the Biomedical Sciences
  
• WISE (Web Information Skills Environment) for Arts and Humanities, Laws, Social and Historical Sciences
  
• WISE (Web Information Skills Environment) for Biomedical and Life Sciences
  
• WISE (Web Information Skills Environment) for Built Environment, Engineering, Maths and Physical Sciences
  

IT Skills

• A Quick Introduction to UNIX
  
• Advanced Queries in Access 2010
  
• Charting with Excel
  
• Creating Queries in Access 2010
  
• Designing and Developing Databases in Access
  
• Dreamweaver Part 1
  
• Dreamweaver Part 1 & 2
  
• Dreamweaver Part 2
  
• Getting More from Photoshop
  
• Getting Started with Photoshop
  
• Getting Started with SPSS
  
• Graduate IT Drop-in Session
  
• Introduction to LaTex with BibTeX
  
• Introduction to Programming with PHP and MySQL
  
• Introduction to STATA
  
• Lunch-Time Lecture: Bibliographies
  
• Lunch-Time Lecture: Intelligent Web Searching
  
• Lunch-Time Lecture: Moving to Office 2010
  
• Lunch-Time Lecture: Statistical Computing Without Tears
  
• Lunch-Time Lecture: Taming Long Documents
  
• More STATA
  
• Reference Manager and Library Databases
  
• Self-Paced IT Learning Resources
  
• Using Word 2010 for Dissertations/Theses
  

Writing / Reading / Thesis Preparation

• Effective Academic Writing: Individual Tutorials
  

Presenting / Publishing your Research

• Getting Published in the Arts - Moodle Research Skills Module
  
• Getting Published in the Sciences - Moodle Research Skills Module
  

Analysis / Research Techniques

• Research Methods in Literature Review - Moodle Research Skills Module
  
• Research Methods in the Arts and Humanities - Moodle Research Skills Module
  
• Research Methods in the Sciences - Moodle Research Skills Module
  
• Research Methods in the Social Sciences - Moodle Research Skills Module
  

Research Environment

• Data Protection: Using Personal Data in Research
  
• Ethics 1: Good Research Practice - Moodle Research Skills Module
  
• Ethics 2: Working with Human Subjects - Moodle Research Skills Module
  
• Intellectual Property in the Research Context - Moodle Research Skills Module
  
• Project Management in the Research Context - Moodle Research Skills Module
  
• Research Governance and IRAS Training
  
• Train and Engage - Public engagement programme for the School of the Built Environment, Engineering and Mathematical and Physical Sciences (BEAMS)
  

Entrepreneurship and the Management of Innovation

• Enterprise Boot Camp
  
• Entrepreneurship Guest Lecture Series
  
• HELO (Higher Education London Outreach) Programme
  
• High-tech Entrepreneurship - Starting a Moneymaking, High-tech Business with Minimal Funding
  
• Student Business Advisor: Individual tutorials
  
• New! UCL Advances Students Internship Programme
• UCL Bright Ideas Awards
  
• UCL Enterprise Society
  
• UCL London Entrepreneurship Online
  

Personal and Professional Development

• Adjusting to University Life - Mastering a Master's
  
• Volunteering for Graduate Students
  

Career Management and Employability Skills

• Career Planning in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Moodle Research Skills Module
  
• Career Planning in the Sciences - Moodle Research Skills Module
  
• Getting into Academia: Panel Forum
  
• Personality Profiling Workshops
  
• New! PhD Employer Forum – Careers in Natural Resources & Environmental Sustainability
• QuickFix: How to Find and Fund a PhD for Master's Students
  
• QuickFix: Planning Your Job Hunt for Master's Students
  
• QuickFix: Succeeding at Interviews and Assessment Centres for Master's Students
  
• QuickFix: Writing Effective Applications for Master's Students