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2009 Academic and Professional Skills Program

These training sessions are organized by the Academic Skills and Learning Centre on behalf of ANU. For general enquiries about the Program, please email registration@anu.edu.au.

Registrations open approximately two weeks prior to commencement of each activity. The Studentlist Coordinator will email students each time registrations open.

TOPIC	DATE
April
Intellectual Property & Commercialisation at the ANU	8 April
Protecting your health while researching and writing	14 April
How to find out about research funding opportunities	16 April
Thesis writing 1: Robust practices (for PhDs and MPhils only)	28 April
Thesis Writing 2: The authoritative voice (for PhDs and MPhils only)	29 April
May
Winning Careers - Plan for the future	5 May
Academic honesty: The appropriate acknowledgement of sources	7 May
Practical strategies for editing and proofreading	14 May
June
Time Management during the PhD (for the Arts & Social Sciences)	4 June
Time Management during the PhD (for the Sciences)	4 June
Conference presentations	17 June
Speaking with confidence (for PhDs and MPhils only)	25 June
July
Making the most of media: Skills for researchers	8 July
Post docs and ARC Postdoctoral Research Fellowships	16 July
August
Regaining Motivation (for PhDs and MPhils only)	14 August
How to find out about research funding opportunities [repeat]	27 August
September
Journal article publication (Sciences)	2 September
Journal article publication (Arts & Social Sciences)	3 September
Practical strategies for editing and proofreading [repeat]	10 September
Academic honesty: The appropriate acknowledgement of sources [repeat]	17 September
Negotiating effectively with supervisors	22 September
October
Thesis writing 1: Robust practices (for PhDs and MPhils only) [repeat]	6 October
Thesis Writing 2: The authoritative voice (for PhDs and MPhils only) [repeat]	7 October

HOW TO REGISTER

• Registration for each activity opens online two or three weeks before the session is held. APSP sessions incur no charge. Click on a course link above.

These courses are for research students (PhD and MPhil), postdoctoral fellows and academic staff of the Australian National University only.