For full details of the Passport PGTS Modern Languages Taster Week click here

 

Wednesday, 9 June 2021, 10:00am-11.30am

10:00am - Welcome and Introduction with Shu-Mei Li 李淑梅, Department of Modern Languages (5 -10 mins)

 

10:10am - PGR Presents: ‘My Chinese learning journey’ by Charlie Nash, first year PhD researcher in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering (10 mins + Q&A 5 mins)

 

10:25am - PGR Presents: ‘My French learning journey’ by Renae Dyball, second year PhD researcher in History, Department of History, Faculty of Arts, Cultures and Education (10 mins + Q&A 5 mins)

 

10:40am - PGR Presents: ‘My Russian learning journey’ by Mila Sari, second year PhD researcher in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering (10 mins + Q&A 5 mins)

 

10:55am - Perspectives on: Hindsight, lessons learned after I finished my PhD. So, you don't have to learn the hard way!

with Dr Martin Taylor, Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, Energy and Environment Research Institute (30 mins + Q&A 5 mins)

Abstract: As a PGR you work hard, very hard. Write papers, complete the thesis and reach the summit that is the end of the whole process. Then you move on, that could be industry or academia but what skills and knowledge do you really need to know? How do you climb the next mountain? After working at different universities, research institutes, a synchrotron and a Tier 1 COMAH site, I have picked up a few skills and knowledge along the way that I wish someone had told me eight years ago…

The Department of Modern languages have the greatest pleasure to welcome Dr Martin Taylor. Dr Martin Taylor works in a multicultural and multidisciplinary team and will, in his talk, offer his insight into the knowledge and skills that PGRs need to know now in preparation for the world of work. Dr Taylor will address the value of knowledge and skills in languages and understanding other cultures in relation to employability in an ever-increasingly globalised world. So, his PhD research successors don’t have to learn it the hard way that he did. Dr Taylor’s talk is unmissable!

 

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Target Audience: All Welcome!

Questions: If you have any questions about the event or Passport Foreign Language Modules please contact the event organiser: Shu-Mei Li 李淑梅, Department of Modern Languages S.Li@hull.ac.uk