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Career Skills Series

Course Title: Career Skills
Course Leader: Dr Rob Kitchin, Director, NIRSA

This short course will provide guidance and advice on strategy with respect to essential academic career skills such as publishing, presenting and organizing events. The course is aimed at postgrads, postdocs, and young lecturers and will take an interactive form. Rob Kitchin is the co-author of the forthcoming book, 'The Academics' Guide to Publishing' (Sage 2005). He has written or edited eleven other books, published numerous articles and book chapters, and is the managing editor of the international journal 'Social and Cultural Geography'.

Schedule of Seminars, 2006

 

January 26, 13.00 - 15.00

NIRSA Career Skills Series
Session 3: 'Attending conferences and presenting papers/posters'
Venue: Hume Building conference room, NUIM

February 9, 13.00 - 15.00

NIRSA Career Skills Series
Session 4: 'Organising events'
Venue: Hume Building conference room, NUIM

February 16 , 13.00 - 15.00

NIRSA Career Skills Series
Session 5: 'Getting a Job - CV and letter writing'
Venue: Hume Building conference room, NUIM

Febraury 23, 13.00 - 15.00

NIRSA Career Skills Series
Session 6: 'PhD vivas and Job interviews'
Venue: Hume Building conference room, NUIM

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