RSC Skills Records

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RSC Skills Records

• Dr. Natalie Mansfield
• Higher Education Specialist

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Why chemistry?
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Best results
Enjoyment
Rewards
Interesting
Challenge
Make a difference
Exciting
Good degree
Fun
Job prospects
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RSC Skills Records
Undergraduate
Postgraduate

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• Motivation enthusiasm
• Interpersonal skills
• Planning organisation
• Oral/written communication
• Managing own development
• Analytical skills
• General IT literacy

• Problem solving
• Initiative/Leadership
• Team working
• Flexibility
• Business awareness
• Foreign languages
• Numerical skills

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Progress files
Enable students to

• Record skills
• Identify areas for improvement
• Get feedback

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Skills Audit
Interpersonal
Research related
Transferable
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Skills Audit USR example
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Skills Audit online example
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Skills Profile

• A summary of skills, achievements and personal
  development
• Generated from Skills Audit outcomes
• Useful when
• Applying for jobs
• Applying for/upgrading RSC membership

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What the employers say...
I strongly recommend every postgraduate in the
chemical sciences, irrespective of their proposed
career path, to complete the PSR honestly and
diligently, providing a framework to identify
skills gaps and address these effectively. Dr
D Alker, Discovery Staffing Group Manager, Pfizer
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How we can help
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• Ambassador schemes
• Outreach activities
• UCAS days
• Demonstrating
• Committees

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