Timetable
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Year |
Pillar 1: Transferable skills & career development |
Pillar 2: Research Culture & Community Building |
Pillar 3: Thematic courses in integrative infection biology |
Pillar 4: Project design & Execution |
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| Year 1 | ||||
| 1 |
Formulating a research question (A1 - 2, B1)* | Induction for new research students (A1,2) | Pathogen Biology: Viruses (A1) | Project Incubation 1: speed dating |
| Effective time management (B1, 2) | Set-up of peer-support ("buddy") (B1 - 3) | Pathogen Biology: Bacteria (A1) | ||
| Critical Appraisal of the Scientific Literature (A2) |
Introduction to Integrative Infection Biology (A1) |
Pathogen biology: Parasites (A1) | ||
| Excel Graph and Charts (A1, C2) | Research Data Management (B1,2, C1,2) | Basic Concepts in Immunity to Infectious Diseases (A1) |
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| Effective writing 1 (A1-3, B1, D2) | Research Integrity | Host-Pathogen Interactions (A1) | ||
| Statistics - Linear Regression (A1, 2) | Radiation Protection/ Fieldwork Safety | Structural Biology (A1) | ||
| Statistics - Logistic regression (A1, 2) | Mental Health First Aid Training | Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases (A1) | ||
| Statistics - Survival analysis (A1, 2) | Equality & Diversity; Unconcious bias (C1, D1) | Bio-Mathematics (A1) | Rotation 1 | |
| Effective Writing 2 (A1-3, B1, D2) | Ethics of Human and Animal Experimentation (A1, C1) |
Vector Biology (A1) | ||
| Statistics - Diagnostic Testing and Comparing Methods of Measurement (A1, A2) |
Communicating Research (B1,3, D2,3) | Vector -Borne diseases (A1) | ||
| Bridging disciplines: Case Studies (A3, B3, D1) | Round Table: The University Structure and Decision Making (C2, D1) | Control of Vector-Borne Diseases (A1) | ||
| Excel: Datalists, Pivot tables and More (A1, C2) |
Round Table : Roles and Responsibilities within a Laboratory (A1, C1, C2) |
Epidemiology (A1) | ||
| 2 | An Introduction to Innovation (A1, A2) | Round Table: Work-Life Balance (B1, 2) | Ecology of Infectious diseases (A1) | |
| Applied Statistics for Graduate Students (A1, 2) |
One Health (A1) | |||
| 3 | IIB Christmas Party | Control of Infectious Diseases (A1) | ||
| 4 | An Introduction to Omics (A1, A2) | Co-infection, Co-mobidity (A1) | Rotation 2 | |
| 5 | Chemical Biology (A1) | Project Incubation 2 | ||
| 6 | Approaches to Innovation (A3, B3, D3) | Seminar : If you were in my lab: proposed PhD projects |
Draft Project Proposal | |
| 7 | Project Management Introduction (B1, 2, C1-3) |
Research Ethics Debate (C1) | Practical: Flow cytometry (A1) | PhD project |
| 8 | Project Management PhD and Beyond (B1,2, C1,2, D1) |
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| 11 | Annual Management - Student Meeting | Practical: Imaging (A1) | ||
| 12 | Annual Symposium | |||
| Year 2 | ||||
| 1 | Effective Presentations with PowerPoint (D2) |
Weekly Discipline-Specific External & Internal Seminars (all year) |
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| 2 | Presenting with Impact (B1, D2) | How do I engage the public with my research? (D2, 3) |
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| 3 | IIB Christmas Party | Journal Club | ||
| 5 | Journal Club | |||
| 6 | What is R? (A1, A2) | Round Table : Publishing your research (C1, D2) |
Bioinformatics Summer School (A1) | |
| 7 | Research Ethics Debate (C1) | Journal Club | ||
| 9 | Round Table: Working in Industry (B3) | Journal Club | Poster Presentation | |
| 11 | Annual Management - Student Meeting | Annual Report (paper style) | ||
| 12 | Annual Symposium | |||
| Year 3 | ||||
| 1 | Successful Writing (A1, 3, C1, D2) | Weekly Discipline-Specific External & Internal Seminars (all year) |
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| 2 | Leadership Development (B1-3, C2, D1) | Practical : Industrial Screening Platforms (A1) |
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| 3 | IIB Christmas Party | Journal Club | ||
| 5 | Round Table : Career Day: working in… (B3) |
Journal Club | ||
| 7 | One-on-one Career Clinics (B3) | Research Ethics Debate (C1) | Journal Club | |
| 8 | Journal Club | Oral Presentation | ||
| 9 | Teaching Experience (AfriBOP etc) | |||
| 11 | Annual Management - Student Meeting | Annual Report (paper style) | ||
| 12 | Fellowships: writing & interview (A3, B3, C2,3) |
Annual Symposium (B2, D2) | ||
| Year 4 | ||||
| 1 | Writing your thesis (A1, A3, C1, D2) | Weekly Discipline-Specific External & Internal Seminars |
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| 2 | Preparing for the viva (A3, D2) | |||
| 3 | Career Launch (B3) | IIB Christmas Party | ||
| 4 | Job Hunting and Successful Applications (B1, B3) |
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| 5 | Enterprise (C3, D3) | Public Engagement Event 2 | Journal Club | |
| 7 | Research Ethics Debate (C1) | Journal Club | Thesis Writing | |
| 11 | Annual Management - Student Meeting | Journal Club | ||
| 12 | Annual Symposium (B2, D2) | Viva | ||
| Year 5 | ||||
| 1-12 | Individualised programme |
Courses highlighted in bold are new courses / activities designed for this programme.
Courses not highlighted are activities / courses offered by the Graduate School.
*Vitae Framework domain