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Physics Department Weeks 8-10 activities in term 3

What kind of activities are available?. (Can’t form part of formal assessment ). Physics Department Weeks 8-10 activities in term 3. Consolidation/Preparation for next year. Transferable skills activities. Careers/employability activities. 1 st Year cohort 2010/11.

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Physics Department Weeks 8-10 activities in term 3

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  1. What kind of activities are available? (Can’t form part of formal assessment ) Physics DepartmentWeeks 8-10 activities in term 3 • Consolidation/Preparation for next year • Transferable skills activities • Careers/employability activities

  2. 1st Year cohort 2010/11 • Pre-sessional Maths (3 hours in week 8) Physics DepartmentWeeks 8-10 activities in term 3

  3. 1st Year cohort 2010/11 • Pre-sessional Maths (3 hours in week 8) Physics DepartmentWeeks 8-10 activities in term 3 • Transferable skills training (1 hour in week 9) How to create a presentation How to deliver a presentation How to handle nerves How to work in a team

  4. 1st Year cohort 2010/11 • Pre-sessional Maths (3 hours in week 8) Physics DepartmentWeeks 8-10 activities in term 3 • Transferable skills training (1 hour in week 9) • Thinking like a Physicist challenge (1 hour in week 9)

  5. Thinking like a Physicist challenge

  6. 1st Year cohort 2010/11 • Pre-sessional Maths (3 hours in week 8) Physics DepartmentWeeks 8-10 activities in term 3 • Transferable skills training (1 hour in week 9) • Thinking like a Physicist challenge (1 hour in week 9) • Students split into teams of five and asked to answer one question in • detail and have a go at the others.

  7. 1st Year cohort 2010/11 130 students • Pre-sessional Maths (3 hours in week 8) 111 students Physics DepartmentWeeks 8-10 activities in term 3 • Transferable skills training (1 hour in week 9) 113 students • Thinking like a Physicist (1 hour in week 9) 102 students • Conference (5 hours in week 10) 68 students • Each team answers their question within a 10 minute presentation. • Audience discusses approach. • Prize for best two individuals (British Science Festival tickets).

  8. 2nd Year cohort 2011/12 • Career development activities in weeks 8 and 9 Physics DepartmentWeeks 8-10 activities in term 3 • Using the Employability Tutorial as the framework and lectures to • summarise and consolidate material.

  9. 2nd Year cohort 2011/12 • Career development activities in weeks 8 and 9 Physics DepartmentWeeks 8-10 activities in term 3 • Using the Employability Tutorial as the framework and lectures to • summarise and consolidate material. • Teamwork and leadership activities in weeks 9 and 10 • To provide basic exposure to leadership activities. • To identify personal strengths.

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