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Graduate Academic Programme (GAP)
The GAP brings together all the training available in the department and all MPLS* departments, comprising an extensive range of courses for graduate research students and postdoctoral researchers, including academic courses, research, teaching, professional skills and career development training. There are around 350 courses available throughout the academic year, including;
- Academic subjects
- Research skills and techniques
- Transferable and professional skills
- Career development
For details of the courses available and to sign-up, please log into the Graduate Academic Programme (you will need your Oxford Single Sign-On).
*MPLS (Mathematical, Physical, and Life Sciences) is one of four academic divisions in the University. The departments that make up MPLS are: Chemistry, Computing Laboratory, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Materials, Mathematics, Physics, Plant Sciences, Statistics, Zoology, the Oxford eResearch Centre, and the Doctoral Training Centres in the Life Sciences Interface, Systems Biology, and Systems Approaches to Biomedical Science.
Skills Training
Departmental
Departmental graduate training opportunities are detailed on the GAP website. A rationalised programme is under development.
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Divisional
The Mathematical, Physical, and Life Sciences Division aims to provide a range of courses you will find useful at various stages during your research and that will support you in your study and / or professional development and future career.
We hope these courses will help you hone your research and scientific skills, work with other people, communicate with the world around you about your research, and help you to manage your own work and career effectively. Courses include;
- Personal effectiveness
- General researcher development
- Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
- Building a Successful Career in the Sciences
All Research Council funded students are expected to develop transferable skills as part of their training, and should spend the equivalent of 10 days per year in such activities. This doesn’t mean that you need to spend 10 days attending courses. You will also develop transferable skills during your day to day work in your research group and department. It is therefore worth developing awareness of training and keeping records of your skills and professional development. An account of students’ skills training must be presented at transfer and confirmation of status. For more information on the Division’s courses, please see our courses page.
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