Core Skills for your PhD

                  

Core skills for your PhD: Communication, Time and Project Management

(May 18 & 19, 9:30 – 17:30 each day, Dioscórides Building @ Faculty Room)

In this workshop we provide training on important background skills for scientists, helping them to communicate effectively with peers, to manage their time and workload effectively, and some insigh

Key Takeaways:

• Learn practical tools for communication, feedback, and conflict management in research environments.
• Improve how you work with supervisors, collaborators, and peers.
• Develop effective strategies for time management, prioritisation, and project planning.
• Build a supportive PhD cohort and peer network for collaboration and exchange.

After the workshop you will have...

• A strong cohort identity and peer network to support your PhD journey.
• Practical interpersonal communication skills, including giving and receiving feedback, addressing conflicts and improving supervisor–student communication.
• Tools for effective time, project, and task management, plus digital aids for collaboration.
• Strategies to maintain motivation, reduce stress, and work more efficiently.

Workshop Content:

• Time management. How do you plan your day so you work effectively? How do you prioritise your tasks so you get the important things done first? Participants will learn simple tools that will help them be more efficient.
• Project and task management. Setting realistic goals requires practice. Participants will be introduced to a framework that simplifies project and task management, and will discover digital helpers to manage themselves and collaborate better.

Target audience:

1st and 2nd year PhD students at the CIC

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This training course is part of the activities outlined in the FICUS Human Resources Strategy for Researchers (HRS4R) Action Plan, which will be open for all FICUS, Univ Salamanca, and CSIC trainees working at the CIC.