We Tell Stories

We Tell Stories is a piece of digital fiction from Penguin Books. You can access it through the Graduate School VLE, or by clicking here.

Laughter is the best Medicine

Award-winning YouTube clip: 

New Resources on the VLE

This week’s new resources on the Graduate School Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) include an online learning module in finding reliable sources of information on the Net. You’ll find the learning module in the ‘Generic Skills Training Courses’ section of the VLE. 

We also have a link to a new game, Arc.

You can access both by clicking on the Graduate School Virtual Learning Environment link in the right-hand side of this page. Remember to enter your user name and password.

 You can also play the game by clicking here.

Publishing Placement

Orion Publishing Group offer short 2 week work experience placements in their publicity department.

Apply to Martha.ashby@orionbooks.co.uk

Authors include Ian Rankin, Maeve Binchy - even Birkbeck College Philosophy Professor A C Grayling.

Graduate School Careers Seminar Series

Catherine Noronha is trainee Patent Attorney. She completed her PhD in at Imperial in 2006 and then started at Frank B Dehn a large independent patents practice. The matters they cover include chemical, biochemical, pharmaceutical, engineering and physics.She is going to talk about her move from Research to Intellectual Property, and what her work involves. 

Great chance to learn about alternative careers in an informal atmosphere

 

Date  Monday 31^st March

Time 17.00 – 18.30

Graduate Lounge Strand Campus

 

If you want to attend, e-mail Phd-careers@kcl.ac.uk .

How to get your PhD

A successul PhD candidate from the University of North Carolina shows you how to do it in a funny and insightful article.

To quote the author:  “Being a graduate student is like becoming all of the Seven Dwarves. In the beginning you’re Dopey and Bashful. In the middle, you are usually sick (Sneezy), tired (Sleepy), and irritable (Grumpy). But at the end, they call you Doc, and then you’re Happy.”

The article is available in the Common Room area of the Graduate School VLE. We’ve also got a link to a new game, Doggnation.

You can access the VLE through the link on the right-hand side of this page. You can also read the article on getting a PhD by clicking here.

Time Management

The Time Management advice from Mindtools, featured on the Graduate School VLE (including the template, prioritised ‘To Do’ list), is proving popular.

Therefore, you can now access the Time Mangement resources directly from here.

St Patrick’s day

Happy St Patrick’s day!

PhD Language Classes

The English Language Centre at King’s will be running PhD language support classes at Strand, Waterloo and Guy’s campuses next term for students whose first language is not English.  

Classes start 14th April and run for 5 weeks.  Days/times of these classes are as follows:

Guy’s Campus   Wednesdays     9 – 10am 
Strand Campus  Wednesdays     1 – 2pm
Waterloo           Thursdays         10 – 11am

To register, click here.

The Oceans

From The New York Times, a worldwide portrait of human impact on the world’s oceans. Click here.