In addition to the Core Chemistry Training that all graduate students are required to complete, there is more specific training available that aims to enhance your skills in your own research area. The courses are theme specific, but you can choose to take courses from outside of your theme if they are more relevant to your research. This section of the Handbook will explain the courses that are available and the themes they fall under some – courses are appropriate to multiple themes. Research themes: Healthcare and Medicinal Synthetic Chemistry (HMSC) Sustainability and Green Technologies (SGT) Functional Materials (FM) Atmospheric Chemistry (AC) Analytical and Data Analysis (ADA) Spectroscopy, Computation and Simulation (SCS) Although some courses are more suited to particular themes, you should not feel restricted by your theme. You should discuss the courses with your supervisor and agree which courses are most relevant to you. You can then sign up for courses you wish to attend using Skills Forge: Timetables for graduate courses can be found on the Google Drive, accessible from your University email account. Some courses are organised by other departments and will therefore need the agreement of both your supervisor and the course organiser for you to attend. Techniques Training: usually taken in Year 1, techniques training is to familiarise you with the theory and operation of equipment that you will need to use in order to carry out your research. You should attend any techniques training required for your research project. Concepts courses: Level 1: Underpinning Research: these courses are usually taken in Year 1 and provide a general knowledge for non-specialists in that area. All students should aim to take at least one of these courses. Level 2: Advanced concepts: these courses are usually taken in Years 2 as they will delve deeper into a subject to a more advanced, specialist level. PhD students should aim to take one of these courses in year 2 or 3. Hot Topics: These courses are taken in Years 2 or 3. They aim to discuss cutting edge chemistry research in a number of important areas and help to broaden your knowledge of the latest significant advances in literature. Students should aim to take two of these courses over these courses of their PhD. The iDTC research themes are:
In addition to the Core Chemistry Training that all graduate students are required to complete, there is more specific training available that aims to enhance your skills in your own research area. The courses are theme specific, but you can choose to take courses from outside of your theme if they are more relevant to your research. This section of the Handbook will explain the courses that are available and the themes they fall under – some courses are appropriate to multiple themes. Research themes: Healthcare and Medicinal Synthetic Chemistry (HMSC) Sustainability and Green Technologies (SGT) Functional Materials (FM) Atmospheric Chemistry (AC) Analytical and Data Analysis (ADA) Spectroscopy, Computation and Simulation (SCS) Although some courses are more suited to particular themes, you should not feel restricted by your theme. You should discuss the courses with your supervisor and agree which courses are most relevant to you. You can then sign up for courses you wish to attend using Skills Forge: Timetables for graduate courses can be found on the Google Drive, accessible from your University email account. Some courses are organised by other departments and will therefore need the agreement of both your supervisor and the course organiser for you to attend. Techniques Training: usually taken in Year 1, techniques training is to familiarise you with the theory and operation of equipment that you will need to use in order to carry out your research. You should attend any techniques training required for your research project. Concepts courses: Level 1: Underpinning Research: these courses are usually taken in Year 1 and provide a general knowledge for non-specialists in that area. All students should aim to take at least one of these courses. Level 2: Advanced concepts: these courses are usually taken in Years 2 as they will delve deeper into a subject to a more advanced, specialist level. PhD students should aim to take one of these courses in year 2 or 3. Hot Topics: These courses are taken in Years 2 or 3. They aim to discuss cutting edge chemistry research in a number of important areas and help to broaden your knowledge of the latest significant advances in literature. Students should aim to take two of these courses over these courses of their PhD. The iDTC research themes are:
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