Jon Cooper

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What are transferable skills?
(and why do they matter to me?)
Jon Cooper PSDL, Neuroscience, CCBB, JBCMRC
Centre in Neurodegeneration Research Institute
of Psychiatry, Kings College London
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Transferable skills.....
Writing a good CV?
Making a fancy Powerpoint?
Something that will help me get a job?
Yes, but NOT the whole story.....

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Why are Transferable skills important?
Your PhD is only the beginning........
Emerge highly trained (and motivated)but lacking
in soft skills.
Joint Research Council statement on Transferable
Skills....
10 days transferable skills training per year
This is meant to help you build skills for your
whole career (not just for PhD students....)

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What counts towards my 10 days?
Anything that can be helpful to your personal
development
Research Council GRAD school
Training courses......
Scientific conferences, lab open days etc
Record what you do on your monitoring report form

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Finding out what skills do I need?
Transferable Skills Needs Assessment Form
(SkillSet)
Fill out with you Supervisor at 1st or 2nd
meeting
Updated every 6 months
Find a course that meets your needs (locally _at_
IOP, KCL, outside)
Graduate Skills Development Programme page
(http//www.kcl.ac.uk/graduate/school/gsdp/index2
.html) Introductory Statistics and Research
Methods

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Finding out more.........
Transferable Skills Training Coordinators
IOP Jon Cooper, j.cooper_at_iop.kcl.ac.uk
KCL Fiona Denney, fiona.denney_at_kcl.ac.uk