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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, 2004/5

September 23, 15.00 - 17.00

NIRSA Postgraduate training sessions
Session 1: 'PhD vivas'
Venue: Hume Building conference room, NUIM

September 30, 15.00 - 17.00

NIRSA Postgraduate training sessions
Session 2: 'A strategic approach to publishing and presenting'
Venue: Hume Building conference room, NUIM

October 7, 15.00 - 17.00

NIRSA Postgraduate training sessions
Session 3: 'General writing advice'
Venue: Hume Building conference room, NUIM

October 14, 15.00 - 17.00

NIRSA Postgraduate training sessions
Session 4: 'Malpractices and intellectual property'
Venue: Hume Building conference room, NUIM

October 21, 15.00 - 17.00

NIRSA Postgraduate training sessions
Session 5: 'Writing for journals and edited books'
Venue: Hume Building conference room, NUIM

November 4, 15.00 - 17.00

NIRSA Postgraduate training sessions
Session 6: 'Writing reports and publishing on the Internet'
Venue: Hume Building conference room, NUIM

November 11, 15.00 - 17.00

NIRSA Postgraduate training sessions
Session 7: 'Disseminating research through popular media'
Venue: Hume Building conference room, NUIM

November 26, 15.00 - 17.00

NIRSA Postgraduate training sessions
Session 8: 'Getting a contract and writing a book'
Venue: Hume Building conference room, NUIM

December 2, 15.00 - 17.00

NIRSA Postgraduate training sessions
Session 9: 'The production process'
Venue: Hume Building conference room, NUIM

December 9, 15.00 - 17.00

NIRSA Postgraduate training sessions
Session 10: 'Attending conferences and presenting papers and posters'
Venue: Hume Building conference room, NUIM

January 13, 15.00 - 17.00

NIRSA Postgraduate training sessions
Session 11: 'Organising events'
Venue: Hume Building conference room, NUIM

January 20, 15.00 - 17.00

NIRSA Postgraduate training sessions
Session 12: 'Getting a Job: CVs and cover letters'
Venue: Hume Building conference room, NUIM

February 3, 15.00 - 17.00

NIRSA Postgraduate training sessions
Session 13: 'Organising Events'
Venue: Hume Building conference room, NUIM

February 10, 15.00 - 17.00

NIRSA Postgraduate training sessions
Session 14: 'Getting a job in Academia'
Venue: Hume Building conference room, NUIM