DITANET School on Complimentry Skills
DITANET organized a Complementary Skills School at the University
of Liverpool from 15th-19th March 2010. This course aimed at providing
the network’s early stage and experienced researchers with the
necessary skills base for a future career in both, the academic and
industry sectors.
After an introduction session, the participants focused on different
presentation techniques and discussed best practice as well as common
mistakes. They were also introduced to the University and the City
of Liverpool on the first school day.
Day two started with an introduction to project management, before
putting a focus on individual presentations. All participants had to
give a 5 minute presentation on their research projects that was recorded
and then assessed individually. On Wednesday, the school triggered
discussions about the benefits from and challenges in international
networking. Representatives from Tech-X UK and Inventya reported on
their personal experiences, before a session on time management concluded
the morning.
Wednesday afternoon the group toured the Daresbury Laboratory and the Cockcroft Institute and had the opportunity to learn about the institute’s broad research program.
On Thursday, time and self management, a session on work/life balance
as well as two hours on intellectual property rights and patent law
confronted the trainees with a number of important skills and triggered
many discussions. Finally, an extended session on scientific writing
and a group discussion completed a week that brought together all DITANET
trainees and led to many interesting and lively discussions between
the trainees as well as the trainers and the management team.
This school was organized by the DITANET Management in close collaboration with a number of professional trainers and the Liverpool Graduate School. The Marie Curie Initial Training Network DITANET - "DIagnostic Techniques for particle Accelerators - a european NETwork" has been coordinated by the University of Liverpool since 1st November 2008. With a maximum budget of up to 4,16 M€ it is the largest-ever EU funded education action for PhD students and Postdocs in beam instrumentation for accelerators. The network was initiated and is coordinated by Carsten P. Welsch who joined the Cockcroft Institute in November 2008.
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