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Physics DepartmentWeeks 8-10 activities in term 3
What kind of activities are available?
• Consolidation/Preparation for next year
• Transferable skills activities
• Careers/employability activities
(Can’t form part of formal assessment )
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Physics DepartmentWeeks 8-10 activities in term 3
1st Year cohort 2010/11 Pre-sessional Maths (3 hours in week 8)
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Physics DepartmentWeeks 8-10 activities in term 3
1st Year cohort 2010/11
Transferable skills training (1 hour in week 9)
Pre-sessional Maths (3 hours in week 8)
How to deliver a presentation
How to create a presentation
How to handle nerves
How to work in a team
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Physics DepartmentWeeks 8-10 activities in term 3
1st Year cohort 2010/11
Thinking like a Physicist challenge (1 hour in week 9)
Pre-sessional Maths (3 hours in week 8)
Transferable skills training (1 hour in week 9)
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Thinking like a Physicist challenge
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Physics DepartmentWeeks 8-10 activities in term 3
1st Year cohort 2010/11
Thinking like a Physicist challenge (1 hour in week 9)
Pre-sessional Maths (3 hours in week 8)
Transferable skills training (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.
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Physics DepartmentWeeks 8-10 activities in term 3
1st Year cohort 2010/11
Conference (5 hours in week 10)
• Each team answers their question within a 10 minute presentation.
• Audience discusses approach.
• Prize for best two individuals (British Science Festival tickets).
Pre-sessional Maths (3 hours in week 8)
Transferable skills training (1 hour in week 9)
Thinking like a Physicist (1 hour in week 9)
130 students
111 students
113 students
102 students
68 students
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Physics DepartmentWeeks 8-10 activities in term 3
2nd Year cohort 2011/12 Career development activities in weeks 8 and 9
• Using the Employability Tutorial as the framework and lectures to summarise and consolidate material.
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Physics DepartmentWeeks 8-10 activities in term 3
2nd Year cohort 2011/12 Career development activities in weeks 8 and 9
• 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.
Behaviour % of time spent on each behaviour Ideally the % of time you would devote to each behaviour
Informing
Directing
Clarifying
Persuading
Collaborating
Envisioning
Reflecting
Observing
Disciplining
Resolving
Praising