Vitae GRADschool Tutor Training hosted by YNE Hub22 February 2010 - 23 February 2010

Event overview

Aims for the day

This workshop is designed for anyone who is planning to be a tutor on a GRADschool programme run by a higher education institution.  The workshop will provide an opportunity to: 

• understand the GRADschool ldesign and process
• appreciate the role and skills of a GRADschool tutor
• understand typical situations you might encounter and how to deal with them
• practise facilitation.
• Workshop programme

The day will be run by an experienced team of GRADschool tutors and will cover the following areas:

• what is a GRADschool?
• the purpose, structure and delivery method of a GRADschool
• the roles and responsibilities of the Course Manager, Course Administrator, Course Director and Tutors
• review of an example GRADschool programme
• provide you with a step by step Roadmap as to what to do prior to the course, what to do on the course, and what to do after the course, including critical points on a GRADschool and how to deal with them
• provide you with a Tutor Toolkit, which is a resource to help support you with the facilitation of your tutor group
• provide an opportunity for you to practice facilitation techniques.
• Overview of the GRADschool programme

GRADschools are experiential learning courses designed to develop the transferable skills of postgraduate researchers. Many researchers who attend the course have a transformational experience, empowered to take charge of their own learning and career.

Courses are three to four days in length, residential or non-residential and designed to enable postgraduate researchers to:

• develop their personal effectiveness
• identify ways to communicate effectively
• make more informed choices about their future and own and manage the next step of their careers.