Professional Skills
The professional skills curriculum is a series of workshops which run over both semesters. The first five sessions are particularly aimed at students who hold a committee position in a student society.
The workshops are free to attend. They run between 6-7.15pm each Wednesday, in School 1 in Semester 1 and each Thursday in School 2 in semester 2 (unless otherwise stated). The sessions will be delivered by professionals and students, all of whom have extensive real world experience in the topic of their workshop and will be able to give you the best possible advice.
No registration is required to attend any of the workshops, and you are welcome to come along to one, some or all of the events.
The PSC now has a Facebook page, so 'like' us for reminders about sessions and top tips on professional skills. www.facebook.com/ProfessionalSkillsCurriculum
Certification
If you attend eight or more of the sessions you will recieve a certificate from CAPOD and the Students' Association. You can start attending at any point in the year and will received a Passport to Professional Skills on which you can collect stamps confirming your attendance.
All events run from 6.00-7.15pm
| Date | Venue | Topic | Presenter | Resources |
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| Wed 5th October | School 1 | Fundraising and sponsorship | Bonnie Hacking, Careers Centre | 250 Fundraising ideas (PDF, 313 KB) Fundraising and sponsorship (PDF, 8,142 KB) |
| Wed 12th October | School 6 | Marketing your organisation | William Barlow, School of Management | Marketing slides (PDF, 164 KB) |
| Wed 19th October | School 1 | Managing a committee | Cat Wilson, CAPOD | Managing a committee (PDF, 1,474 KB) |
| Wed 26th October | School 5 | Staging an event | Kate Andrews, Chloe Hill | |
| Wed 2nd November | School 1 | Philosophy of poster design | Oli Walker, Graphic Designer | Poster design recap (PDF, 113 KB) |
| Wed 9th November | No event | Reading Week | ||
| Wed 16th November | School 1 | Speaking to a large audience | Parker Burns, Debates Society; Cat Wilson, CAPOD | Presentation skills presentation (PDF, 414 KB) A-z voice (PDF, 59 KB) Presentation checklist (PDF, 36 KB) |
| Wed 23rd November | School 1 | Chairing a meeting and taking minutes | Cat Wilson, CAPOD | Meetings and minutes (PDF, 1,197 KB) Agenda (PDF, 42 KB) |
| Wed 30th November | Old Psychology Library, St Mary's Quad | Web page design | Duncan Stephen, Web Team | Web design (PDF, 2,715 KB) |
| Wed 14th December | School 1 | Objective setting and project planning | Cat Wilson, CAPOD | Goals and Projects (PDF, 1,820 KB) |
| Semester 2 | ||||
| Thurs 16th February | School 2 | Communication Skills | Steve Yorkstone, Lean Team |
Introduction to Prezi (PDF, 1,227 KB) |
| Thurs 23rd February | School 2 | Time management for the workplace | Cat Wilson, CAPOD | Time Management for the Workplace (PDF, 1,646 KB) |
| Thurs 1st March | School 2 | Personal budgeting | Joyce Lapeyre, Student Services | |
| Thurs 8th March | School 2 | Assertiveness skills and building confidence | Cat Wilson, CAPOD | Assertiveness (PDF, 932 KB) |
| Thurs 15th March | School 2 | The basics of marketing | William Barlow, School of Management | Brand Me slides (PDF, 87 KB) |
| Thurs 22nd March | School 2 | How work teams work | Jos Finer, CAPOD | |
| Thurs 29th March | No event | Spring Vacation | ||
| Thurs 5th April | No event | Spring Vacation | ||
| Thurs 12th April | School 2 | Web design | Duncan Stephen, IT Services | Web Design Semester 2 (PDF, 3,341 KB) |
| Thurs 19th April | School 2 | Self-coaching | Helen Butt, Careers Centre | Coach Yourself to Success (PDF, 1,884 KB) Coaching Wheel of Life (PDF, 92 KB) |
| Thurs 26th April | School 2 | Presentation Skills and public speaking | Parker Burns, Debates Society | |
| Thurs 3rd May | School 2 | Professional Skills Review | Cat Wilson, CAPOD | |
PSC Certficate Holders
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Jennifer Crisp |
Graham Lee |
Emily Roling |
Matthew Noble |
Emma Woodruff |
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Rebecca Lever |
Jamie Fleet |
Khalil Gareeboo |
Rosanna Al-Adwani |
Caralina Wonnacott |
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Fhambren Olde Schemeper |
Sarah Roberts |
Choy Yiu Chung |
Jennifer Peake |
Valeria Shumaylova |
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Jasmine Latter |
Malgorzata Irminska |
Andrew Samson |
Maneesh Kuruvilla |
Larissa Gumuchdjian |
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Kirsty Gillespie |
Wei Dai |
Naomi Gascoigne |
Beverly Kariithi |
Xiao Jingman |
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Frederick Sutter |
Katharine Goulder |
Gordon McFadzean |
Devini Pabari |
Keith Alexander |
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