Presentation skills for researchers - School of Law (face to face)
Duration 1 day
Team Researcher Academy

This standalone online course is run by the Researcher Academy

The Researcher Academy courses are very popular and the majority are run in both semesters to give you the opportunity to attend at a time of the year that suits you. 

Target Audience: Early stage postgraduate research students

The ability to deliver an effective and engaging presentation is an essential skill for researchers from all disciplines, providing them with the means to communicate crucial aspects of their work to key audiences. This course is for you if you have very little experience of presenting or you have presented before but you didn't feel that the presentations were effective at getting your ideas across to the audience.

We'll help you to work through a recommend process for preparing and delivering a presentation providing you with some valuable experience of presenting in a supportive and encouraging environment. It will also help you to overcome the nerves you may feel if asked to present your work; even to a friendly audience of colleagues from your School/department/research group.

This course is designed for postgraduate research students from all disciplines, who would like to begin to develop effective presentation skills. This course is NOT for you if you are an experienced presenter and are confident that your presentations are usually effective. For course options for more experienced presenters please see the “related courses” section.

Description

This course will address all aspects of preparing and delivering a successful presentation. Led by the course tutor students will discuss:
 
• what makes a presentation effective and memorable
• how to prepare, structure and deliver a presentation
• the importance of considering the needs of the audience
• how to handle questions and comments
• controlling nerves

You’ll work with a group of fellow researchers and a Researcher Academy tutor to develop your presentation from the initial ideas stage through to the finished article.

You will then have the opportunity to prepare and deliver a 10 minute presentation to a small group of students and a facilitator following which you will receive constructive feedback on your content and delivery.

A whiteboard, flipchart and a computer with PowerPoint will be provided. The computer will be attached to either a data projector or an interactive whiteboard. Please feel free to bring your own laptop if you wish.

Aims: To develop your skills of spoken communication, with particular reference to an academic context enabling you to deliver more effective and engaging presentations with increased confidence.

Objectives:

By the end of the course, you will:

• be able to structure and prepare an effective presentation
• Understand what contributes to making a quality, memorable presentation and be able to apply this to your own talks
• be able to consider the needs of the different audiences for your research in order to tailor your presentations to specific groups
• understand approaches to managing nerves and question sessions in order to deliver presentations with more confidence and control
• be able to apply feedback from peers to develop the content and delivery of your presentations

Process: This course is a participative small group workshop delivered over one full-day.

Please note, attendances for courses will be recorded. There are no training points associated with courses run by the Researcher Academy.


Course Accessibility

The following table shows a summary of what is needed to participate in the course. 

If you feel you will experience any difficulties participating, please let us know via the ‘special requirements’ tab, providing as much information as possible. The special requirements tab can be completed when you book your place. Alternatively, you can contact us directly at ra-training@nottingham.ac.uk.

Access and/or complete self-study/ pre-course tasks prior to main session
Print off pre-requisite paperwork/ resources & bring them to the course
Bring your own laptop/ PC to the course
Access seminar room on campus
Attend the course at the specified date and time
Watch and listen to the course tutor(s) and/or other attendees
Follow presentation slides during the course
Take part in group activities/ discussions
Deliver presentation to other course participants


Booking Conditions

Latecomer policy

Researchers should plan to arrive prior to the advertised course start time. Except for exceptional reasons, there will be no admittance to a Researcher Academy or Faculty Training Programme (FTP) course 15 minutes after the advertised course start time.

Importance of booking commitment

When booking on to a Researcher Academy short course you are entering into a commitment to attend. If you find that you are no longer available to attend you MUST cancel your place (on the system if more than three days before the course) or if at short notice by emailing ra-training@nottingham.ac.uk. This will ensure that your place can be offered to another researcher on the waiting list. Failure to cancel a place results in other researchers missing out on places through the waiting list process.

It is unacceptable for researchers to just not attend when booked onto a course. The Researcher Academy maintains records of those who repeatedly do not attend courses they have booked. This may affect future eligibility to book onto further Researcher Academy courses and will affect considerations for Researcher Academy funded opportunities.

Pre-Requisites Saturday courses:
If this course runs on a Saturday in Highfield House access is via your university swipe card.

Please also bring your own lunch or be prepared to buy lunch on campus.

Pre-requisites

You should come having thought about some general themes that you would like to include in a 10 minute presentation about your research topic and constructed a draft presentation. You will be offered time to fine tune your presentation during the course of the day. If you are still in the process of developing your research topic you can base your presentation on research you have previously conducted e.g., as part of a masters or undergraduate course.

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