JULES-Rose training
Kerry came to UoE to help us with using JULES via ROSE on Jasmin. There was a certificate and snacks and everything.
Project Management (in the real world)
Billed as a comprehensive introduction to planning and managing a research project as well as commercial projects, this seemed like a useful course in light of the project plans that I have been/am putting together. It covered a few days worth of course in a short day, which is exactly how I like courses – …
Peer Reviewing
Peer reviewing effectively and efficiently. The biggest take-home for me was that beyond 3 hours spent on a review, a review doesn’t improve. 2 hours is about the right amount of time. The other nice bit of advice was to look for the message and claim in the abstract, then look for it again in …
Software Carpentry
This was a really worthwhile course run @Bath via Software Carpentry. The key things that I took from this are: cntl R in shell provides a search of recent-ish commands. Worth it just for this. Use documentation (triple double brackets in python) to make help files for future you and others. Provide examples. Say what …
UM User Tutorial 2013
A tutorial on using the met office unified model for climate and weather prediction.
Introduction To The Media Part 2: Tv And Radio Interview Skills course.
A whole range of tips on giving effective interviews infront of the camera, including what to wear, where to look and how to get across the message that you want told.
Presenting with confidence and flair
A vox training course, looking at how to be a good presenter. My key take home: think about how you want the audience to feel, not just what you want to say. e.g. When you’re re-capping, you want to re-assure them. So use a re-assuring tone of voice. That’s totally different to the voice and …
Managing your research project
The take home messages: Make sure that everyone gets a career boost from the project. Especially you. You need to make sure that you are developing your career, taking on new responsibilities and tasks. It’s necessary to have great new papers with each project, but you do need something more. Time planning is worth about …
Presentation skills
Potential Energy – presentation skills. 07/07/2012
IDL and UKMO PP Course
IDL Foundation and Introduction to the UKMO/PP Library Course. 02/07/2012 – 03/07/2012