As a PhD researcher, I am very fortunate to get the opportunity to attend various courses and seminars to enhance my personal development and research. Below are the summary of courses attended:

Graduate School Skills Programme

• 3 Sep 2008 - Writing for Publication
• 3 Oct 2008 - Postgraduate Researcher Induction
• 29 Oct 2008 - How to Quickly and Efficiently Take Notes
• 14 Jan 2009 - How to Write a Literature Review
• 21 Feb 2009 - Speed Reading
• 5 Mar 2009 - Organizing References using EndNote Web
• 11 Mar 2009 - Referencing and Plagiarism
• 30 Apr 2009 - ePortfolio Training
• 7 May 2009 - Networking Skills
• 8 May 2009 - Presenting to an Academic Audience
• 13 May 2009 - Debating and Public Speaking
• 29 May 2009 - Science Communication
• 18 Jun 2009 - Introduction to NLP
• 5 Nov 2009 - Time Management and Self Motivation
• 23 & 24 Nov 2009 - 2-Days Effective Researcher Training Course
• 10 Dec 2009 - Managing Risk
• 10 Dec 2009 - Managing the Work / Life Balancing Act
• 20 Jan 2010 - Grammatical Accuracy
• 21 Jan 2010 - Developing and Improving Memory
• 11 May 2011 - Academic Writing: Thesis Structure

IT Services Courses

• 30 Oct 2008 - MATLAB - An Overview for Complete Beginners
• 21 Jan 2009 - Basic Flash CS3
• 11 Feb 2009 - Intermediate Flash CS3
• 12 Feb 2009 - Getting Started with MS Project 2002
• 27 Oct 2009 - MS Word 2007 - New Features for Experienced Word Users
• 18 Nov 2009 - MS Word 2007 - Themes, Styles & Templates
• 2 Dec 2009 - MS Word 2007 - Essential Skills for Essays
• 24 May 2010 - Sitebuilder2 - An Overview for Complete Beginners
• 24 Feb 2011 - NVivo8 - An Overview for Complete Beginners
• 1 Mar 2011 - Video Capture and Editing Workshop
• 3 Mar 2011 - NVivo8 - Working with Data

Summer School

• 5 - 10 Jul 2009 - BMVA / EPSRC Computer Vision Summer School 2009 (BMVA)

Other Courses / Seminars

• 15 Oct 2008 - Automotive Electronics Overview (IARC, WMG)
• 3 & 4 Dec 2008 - Research Methodology (WMG)
• 25 Feb 2009 - CVB Seminar (STEMMER IMAGING)
• 23 Apr 2009 - Infrared R&D Seminar (FLIR System Limited)
• 29 Apr 2009 - How to get your research noticed (IAS)
• 13 July 2011 - Computational Intelligence in Machine Vision for Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics (School of Engineering)
• 14 July 2011 - Ethical Issues in Science Reporting (IAS)

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