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 Duplicate events No events are compulsory -Apart from Safety Sessions Your Masters course work MUST take priority medpg-dev@ncl.ac.uk

3. Session Details

4. NEW Graduate School Website ncl.ac.uk/fms

5. Booking system Appropriate staffing MonitoringEvaluation Accommodate Changes Additions

6. Online Resources

7. IT Training Library Information sessions (Endnote, Library Databases, Further Research Resources,) and IT sessions (Managing Your Essay, Data & Spreadsheets, Presentations using PowerPoint etc. Interactive materials accessed as ONLINE workshops

8. Which Sessions to attend

9. Safety Sessions Biological & Genetic Modification (GM) Chemical Attendance recorded in your ePorfolio & training record for supervisors to check

10. Varied Development opportunities Research Seminars Other graduate schools (SAgE and HaSS) development programmes Library, ISS, Maths Aid, Writing Centre FameLab Biotechnology YES Three Minute Thesis Vitae (UK Grad) Postgraduate Conference

12. 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 Free food and drinks courtesy of generous sponsors

13. Free registration Visit www.ne-pg.co.uk

14. 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, internships etc Plan, Record and reflect using ePortfolio

15. I wish you every success in your Studies and beyond them Thanks and any questions?