1. Research Student Development Programme Dr Richy Hetherington medpg-dev@ncl.ac.uk www.ncl.ac.uk/fms

2. Inside the booklet Welcome to attend any event No events are compulsory -Apart from Safety Sessions Your MRes course work MUST take priority medpg-dev@ncl.ac.uk

3. Workshop Details

4. Safety Sessions Biological – NB date change 12 th not 17 th Oct. Chemical Genetic Modification (GM) Attendance recorded in your ePorfolio & training record for supervisors to check

5. Graduate School Website ncl.ac.uk/fms

6. Booking system Appropriate staffing MonitoringEvaluation Accommodate Changes Additions

7. Electronic Resources

8. Varied Development opportunities Research Seminars Other graduate schools (SAgE and HaSS) development programmes Library, ISS, Maths Aid, Writing Centre FameLab Biotechnology YES Developing Area Research Networks (DARN) Vitae (UK Grad) Postgraduate Conference

10. Why should I go? See what has been achieved by last year’s MRes and 1 st year PhD students Find out about the variety of research in the region & meet the researchers of all stages of their careers Hear from excellent Guest speakers Dr Alice Bell Senior Teaching Fellow in Science Communication at Imperial College London Imran Khan Director of the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE), one of the UK's leading independent advocates for the STEM sector Prof Sir John Burn Director of the national Collaborative group on Genetics in Healthcare and Lead Clinician for the NHS in the North East of England Free food and drinks courtesy of generous sponsors

11. Free registration Visit www.nepg.org.uk

12. Events Calendar

13. Summary Development Programme – Attend what you want to – Only safety is compulsory – Your MRes coursework MUST take priority – Please Book to attend Sessions – Care with booking some sessions are duplicate some are PhD/MD/MPhil specific Look out for other opportunities e.g. conference Plan, Record and reflect using ePortfolio