Physics Department Weeks 8-10 activities in term 3 What kind of activities are available? Consolidation/Preparation for next year Transferable skills activities Careers/employability activities (Cant form part of formal assessment )

Physics Department Weeks 8-10 activities in term 3 1 st Year cohort 2010/11 Pre-sessional Maths (3 hours in week 8)

Physics Department Weeks 8-10 activities in term 3 1 st Year cohort 2010/11 Transferable skills training (1 hour in week 9) Pre-sessional Maths (3 hours in week 8) How to deliver a presentation How to create a presentation How to handle nerves How to work in a team

Physics Department Weeks 8-10 activities in term 3 1 st Year cohort 2010/11 Thinking like a Physicist challenge (1 hour in week 9) Pre-sessional Maths (3 hours in week 8) Transferable skills training (1 hour in week 9)

Thinking like a Physicist challenge

Physics Department Weeks 8-10 activities in term 3 1 st Year cohort 2010/11 Thinking like a Physicist challenge (1 hour in week 9) Pre-sessional Maths (3 hours in week 8) Transferable skills training (1 hour in week 9) Students split into teams of five and asked to answer one question in detail and have a go at the others.

Physics Department Weeks 8-10 activities in term 3 1 st Year cohort 2010/11 Conference (5 hours in week 10) Each team answers their question within a 10 minute presentation. Audience discusses approach. Prize for best two individuals (British Science Festival tickets). Pre-sessional Maths (3 hours in week 8) Transferable skills training (1 hour in week 9) Thinking like a Physicist (1 hour in week 9) 130 students 111 students 113 students 102 students 68 students

Physics Department Weeks 8-10 activities in term 3 2 nd Year cohort 2011/12 Career development activities in weeks 8 and 9 Using the Employability Tutorial as the framework and lectures to summarise and consolidate material.

Physics Department Weeks 8-10 activities in term 3 2 nd Year cohort 2011/12 Career development activities in weeks 8 and 9 Using the Employability Tutorial as the framework and lectures to summarise and consolidate material. Teamwork and leadership activities in weeks 9 and 10 To provide basic exposure to leadership activities. To identify personal strengths. Behaviour % of time spent on each behaviourIdeally the % of time you would devote to each behaviour Informing Directing Clarifying Persuading Collaborating Envisioning Reflecting Observing Disciplining Resolving Praising