Mouse chromosome postdoc at EMBL
November 4, 2009
Have completing PhDs familiar with mouse biology and/or stem cells spotted this?
Time Management
November 4, 2009
Students who have not been able to get the excellent booklet on Time Management produced by Vitae can download it as a pdf. Full of great advice. Its called ‘The balanced researcher’
http://vitae.ac.uk/CMS/files/Vitae-Balanced-Researcher-June-2008.pdf
Guy’s informatics careers event
October 13, 2009
NHS Informatics Event
Date: 21st October 2009
Time: 1.30pm – 4.30pm
Venue: Guy’s Hospital, Atrium 1, Great Maze Pond, London Bridge, London SE1 9RT
Are you interested in joining one of the fastest growing areas in the health sector?
If your answer is yes) then we would like to invite you to attend a free Informatics Information afternoon, which is being hosted by a leading acute hospital – Guy’s Hospital.
The informatics role in the NHS is one of support – it can be thought of as the arteries and veins of the NHS. It needs a strong architecture and infrastructure. It carries the vital elements to keep the NHS ‘alive’ – but crucially it supports the body of the NHS in supporting the transformation of services and the continual striving of service improvement to the benefit of patients and the public.
Informatics management is a new and exciting specialism, it is a two year programme during which you can expect: challenging work placements, foundation learning, specialism competencies, multi-disciplinary action-learning sets, experiential learning, mentoring relationship and a talent management performance monitoring system – our comprehensive programme aims to provide graduates with everything they need to become future Informatics leaders with the NHS.
If you want to join the growing number of informatics professionals within the NHS helping the service to deliver world class healthcare, then we look forward to seeing you there
Forensic Science Jobs
October 13, 2009
Interview training for staff
October 13, 2009
Preparing for my interview
A course for staff – (not Phd students sorry – we will cover this on the RDP)
still has some vacancies – contact the Staff Development site to book a place.
or email
tanya.gettermann-luque@kcl.ac.uk
Course aims
This session is for anyone who would like to prepare for an interview. The course will focus only on the person getting interviewed and is not suitable for interviewers.
Course date
Friday 06 November 2009 (09.30 – 16.00)
Venue: Room B.12 (Basement floor), James Clerk Maxwell Building, Waterloo Campus
Guy’s Campus Graduate Lounge Opening
September 21, 2009
Halloween Party – feel free to dress up!
Date: Friday October 30th
Location: Guy’s graduate lounge, Ground floor, Hodgkin Building, Guy’s campus.
Time: From 5pm
Drinks and food available
Speech coaching
September 21, 2009
I have a King’s postgrad student who wants to do some work on his spoken English to improve the way he engages in discussion in the Viva /Upgrade situation. If anyone has done this kind of coaching before and is happy to offer some time then let me know and I will put you in touch with him. Have an idea of how much you would charge per hour as this will be a ‘business arrangement’.
contact
Japanese Scientific Collaborations
September 16, 2009
JSPS London Short-Term Award
Call for Applications with Fellowships to Start Between May 2010 to the end of March 2011
Closing Date: 17:30, Tuesday 1 December, 2009
We would like to inform you of our first call for applications for the JSPS Short-Term Award Programme for fiscal year 2010. JSPS is the leading research funding agency in Japan, established by the Japanese Government for the purpose of contributing to the advancement of science. JSPS plays a key role in the administration of various scientific and academic programmes, whilst expanding bilateral exchange between Japan and the United Kingdom.
The Short-Term Award provides the opportunity for pre and post doctoral UK researchers and European and North American researchers based in the UK to visit Japan for 1 to 12 months to undertake cooperative research with leading research groups at Japanese Universities and Institutions. The programme is designed to provide researchers with first-hand experience of the research and living environment in Japan. Eligible research fields are not limited: computer, engineering, health, biological, life, natural and physical sciences, mathematics, humanities and social sciences etc. The closing date for applications is Tuesday, 1 December, 2009 and successful applicants are asked to start their fellowship between May 2010 and the end of March 2011.
Electronic versions of all the application materials are available on our website at: http://www.jsps.org/funding/fellow_short.html If possible we would like to ask you to advertise this award on your website and provide a link from there to the award information on the JSPS London website or similarly please forward this information to any eligible and interested parties.
If you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact us at the JSPS London Office on 020-7255-4660 or by e-mail to: short-termaward@jsps.org
BIONEWS INTERNSHIPS FOR RESEARCHERS
August 6, 2009
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
The Researcher Development Programme at King’s and Progress Educational Trust (PET) are pleased to provide an opportunity for Life Sciences, Biomedical Sciences and Law research students interested in science communication and legal/ethical issues arising from scientific developments to gain practical news writing experience under expert supervision through a BioNews internship.
STRUCTURE OF INTERNSHIPS
The internship will last for a total of five days, spread over a nine-week period. Only one internship is available at this time, although there will be other opportunities later in the 2009/10 academic year. The successful candidate is welcome to work at the PET office at 140 Gray’s Inn Road, WC1X 8AX, but after the initial induction period of one full and two half days the work can be done remotely if preferred. This is to enable the internship to fit flexible around existing commitments. Following the initial training, which will be carried out by the two BioNews Editors, the intern will be expected each subsequent week to research and write a draft BioNews story for editing (if necessary) by BioNews staff before publication. This will take the intern approximately half a day, so this period of the internship will last for three days, spread over six weeks, during which time feedback will be given on each story by one of the Editors.
By the end of the internship the student will have acquired the following experience/skills:
- Critical reading and evaluation of media coverage of genetics, stem cell and assisted reproduction science and related ethical, legal and policy issues.
- An understanding of the conflicting values of scientists and journalists, – Researching stories and checking accuracy by referring to press releases, original research papers, policy documents and reports.
- Summarising this information and prioritising key points.
- How to write an effective news story
- Writing for a non-specialist audience, avoiding scientific jargon.
- Proofreading and editing skills
- Writing copy to a weekly deadline
- Using a database to publish news items and links to the web
The interns will be supervised by the two BioNews Editors: Dr Jess Buxton and Dr Kirsty Horsey.
APPLYING FOR THE INTERNSHIP
Deadline: 5pm on Friday 21 August
The first BioNews Internship offered for KCL students through this scheme will commence on Tuesday 8 September 2009. Research students interested in applying should send a one-page letter to bionews@progress.org.uk by the deadline of 5pm on Friday 21 August. Please include details of your current Department and Programme of Study, your reasons for wanting to take part in the scheme and any previous writing experience. Please also include a brief (max. 200 words) summary of your research, written for a non-specialist audience. A decision on selection for the internship will be made shortly after the deadline.
Please visit www.bionews.org.uk for further information.
Love Science – but not the lab?
July 29, 2009
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