Faculty of Mathematics Researcher Development Programme Training 2018-2019
(Fri 23 Nov 2018 - Tue 25 Jun 2019)
November 2018
Fri 23 |
"Communication is not a skill to be learned, but an art to be cultivated" This session will include reference to:
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January 2019
Mon 21 |
This session is suitable for those who are interested in understanding how our working styles can impact on time management and will cover:
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Mon 28 |
Maths RDP: Mental Health Awareness
Finished
The aim of this course is:
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February 2019
Thu 14 |
This workshop will offer support and practical advice for early-career researchers who wish to develop engaging and accessible presentations and activities relating their own research to the existing mathematical knowledge and understanding of school-age children and non-specialist members of the public. Participants will have the opportunity to try out some engaging maths resources, discuss the links between school-level mathematics and mathematical research, and create their own "elevator pitch" to sum up their own research in an easy-to-understand, jargon-free way. This workshop is particularly suitable for anyone wishing to get involved with the upcoming Cambridge Science Festival. |
Mon 18 |
"Team Dynamics” are invisible forces that operate between different people or groups in a team. They can have a strong impact on how a team behaves or performs and their effects can be complex. This session will explore:
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March 2019
Mon 18 |
A common management challenge is knowing how to get the best from people and sometimes this can seem like figuring out rocket science. This session will look at different motivations and methods to build engagement:
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April 2019
Mon 8 |
Resilience is becoming recognised as a defining characteristic of people who deal well with the stresses and strains of the modern workplace. This workshop will include:
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June 2019
Wed 5 |
In this presentation, DAMTP and DPMMS researchers who have succeeded at Fellowship applications will pass on what they know. The presentation will cover:
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Tue 18 |
This session will help you to identify the key ideas within your research that you wish to communicate, and then develop your understanding of how to use a mixture of conceptual approaches, examples and analogies to explain complex mathematical ideas to an audience with no specialist mathematical or scientific knowledge. The workshop is designed to be very practical, with the aim that you’ll come away with at least an opening and closing paragraph, and an outline for a piece of work. Participants are asked to prepare for the workshop by identifying an idea they would like to work on. |
Tue 25 |
This session will aim to develop a finished piece of writing, focussing on editing and finessing a piece participants have already drafted (for those also attending the writing workshop, this can build on the piece you worked on in the writing workshop). The workshop will involve practical exercises that can be used to improve a piece of writing. The workshop will include time to work individually and in groups redrafting existing work. The aim is to come to the workshop with a draft, and leave the workshop with a finished piece of writing. |