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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 

We are currently looking for your feedback about the PSC this year. Please donate 5 minutes of your time to complete this short online survey. The survey will be open until the 18th May 2012. Your feedback will directly affect if we run the PSC again next year, and what it will look like. THANKS!

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

DateVenueTopicPresenterResources
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

 Communication Skills for PCS

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

  PSC certificate

Jennifer Crisp

  PSC certificate

Graham Lee

 PSC certificate

Emily Roling  

 PSC certificate

Matthew Noble

  PSC certificate

Emma Woodruff

  PSC certificate

Rebecca Lever

 PSC certificate

Jamie   Fleet

 PSC certificate

Khalil Gareeboo  

 PSC certificate

Rosanna Al-Adwani

  PSC certificate

Caralina Wonnacott

 PSC certificate

Fhambren Olde Schemeper

PSC certificate

Sarah Roberts

PSC certificate

Choy Yiu Chung

PSC certificate

Jennifer Peake

PSC certificate

Valeria Shumaylova

  PSC certificate

Jasmine Latter

  PSC certificate

Malgorzata Irminska

 PSC certificate

Andrew Samson 

 PSC certificate

Maneesh Kuruvilla

  PSC certificate

Larissa Gumuchdjian

  PSC certificate

Kirsty Gillespie

  PSC certificate

Wei        Dai

 PSC certificate

Naomi Gascoigne

 PSC certificate

Beverly Kariithi

  PSC certificate

Xiao Jingman

  PSC certificate

Frederick Sutter

  PSC certificate

Katharine Goulder

 PSC certificate

Gordon McFadzean

 PSC certificate

Devini Pabari

  PSC certificate

Keith Alexander

  PSC certificate

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 PSC certificate

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 PSC certificate

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  PSC certificate

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For details of the full programme, please see our leaflet here: Professional Skills Curriculum (PDF, 189 KB)