Skills Series
The unpredictability and risks associated with research can often derail best-laid plans, slow progress, and therefore, cause stress and anxiety in graduate students and Postdocs.
Following first session on self-assessment and interest outcomes, you should have a fair understanding of some career sectors of interest. In this session, develop strategies to learn about those careers, explore your interest and fitness to shortlist upto 3 careers, and list desired skills in top 3 careers of choice.
The UVA Library’s Research Data Services Team and Research Computing are partnering with UVA’s PhD Plus program to offer – Introduction to Programming in Python, with Mac
Entrepreneurship seminars are a mix of case discussions, guest panels, and action-oriented workshops covering topics such as: founders agreements, incorporation, market analysis, product development, funding and deal terms, business models, investor presentations, etc.
The UVA Library’s Research Data Services Team is partnering with UVA’s PhD Plus program to pilot a
Navigating the various roles and responsibilities of a graduate program can be disorienting and stressful. As a result, graduate students may find themselves unthinkingly adapting to social norms, doubting their own capacities, or losing the sense of joy that comes from good work.
This is a week-long event that runs from Jan 6 to Jan 10. The program runs from 9:00AM to 12:00PM each day.
PhD+ Career Design skills training series in Fall 2020 will be offered every Thursday of October at 3.30 pm – 5 pm (5 weeks equal to 7.5 hours in-class time. Excludes preparation time).
Prior to this session, participants will be asked to purchase an online module that will walk them through the building of an excel model for consulting.
Research productivity is highly dependent on healthy team dynamics. However, most PhD students and Postdocs are wary of "people problems" and find themselves ill-equipped to resolve conflicts. In this session, understand how teams develop and how conflicts may arise.