Welcome to the DAMTP Graduate Students and Post Docs web pages

Dr Jonathan Evans is the DAMTP Director of Graduate Education. Dr Helen Mason is the Research Student Advisor. They are both available for advice and support. There are lots of training opportunities at DAMTP which we encourage you to engage with. They are listed below.

Amanda Stagg is dealing with Transferable Skills Training (TST) administration. Please contact her if you have any queries: transferableskills@damtp.cam.ac.uk

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If you have not yet filled in a 'TST Log' of your Researcher Development training for 2011/12, please do so ASAP. We need this information to ensure that each student and post-doc is developing his/her skills, to report back to funding agencies and to plan future activities. Forms should be countersigned by your supervisor (grad students) or group leader (post-docs) and returned to Amanda Stagg (B2.16 CMS, or her pigeon hole).

Research Students must take out per-trip insurance, which is free. Please see the insurance section of BGS. Going to scientific conferences is regarded as an important part of the training of research students (see below), and the Department will normally support your attendance at three meetings (national or international) during your three years.

We intend to provide some courses and workshops this year in liaison with the School of Physical Sciences. Please register via this web form: Graduate Development course booking form

Non CMS based TST courses provided by Staff Development. For calendar please click here.

For Post Docs the Careers Service offers a wide range of events, workshops, and
sessions which may also be of interest to you. Please see link what's on for Post Docs.

Schedule of Courses and Workshops for DAMTP Graduate Students and Post Docs.

www.training.cam.ac.uk/gdp/event-timetable


Some comments and feedback from DAMTP and DPMMS students who have attended these courses. The question asked was: 'What did you like about the course?'

Time management course 'The instructor was good and I liked the fact that he had a good perspective- the course wasn't on how to cram as much as possible into one day, but how to use the time you have in the way that best suits you.' (DAMTP)
'The urgent/important classification of tasks that we learned about sounded very useful. I have already started applying it with good results! I like how the course leader made it very interactive, and there was a lot of audience participation and discussion.' (DPMMS)

Starting your PhD 'It got me thinking about the big picture regarding my research. The Q&A session with third-year students was very useful. It was good to get a timeline for the PhD.' (DAMTP)

Writing your 1st Year Report 'Hands-on writing practice - it really forced me to think about how I would approach the report.' (DAMTP)

Presentation Skills (with one-to-one feedback) 'I liked practical skills acquired' (DAMTP)

The Art of Negotiation and Influence 'Very insightful, useful, real life applications' (DAMTP) 'Everything! It was awesome' (DPMMS)

Effective Communication (Non-verbal) 'Good presenter. useful information. Ideas presented in a way that I can directly use them without too much trouble. Activities proved useful' (DAMTP)

Information will be circulated and posted on this website regularly so please continue to check. Please take advantage of these opportunities for both academic and personal development.