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SUMMARY:MASTS/SUPER Graduate School 14th Annual Student Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Registration is now open for the Annual Student Retreat! Please fill out the form that has been emailed to you by Monday 10 February at 5.00 pm. \n  \nThe goal of the Retreat is to bring you together from across your geographically dispersed institutions and to create a supportive community\, while providing informative training sessions\, talks\, and time to network. This is one of the mandatory annual Graduate School events so we expect to see you there. Please make every effort to attend and actively participate. You can find feedback from PGRs that attended previous Retreats below. \n  \nThe Retreat will be held at the Macdonald Aviemore Resort from 1.00 pm on Monday 10 March to Wednesday 12 March at 3.00 pm. Individual ensuite double rooms will be booked for you and all meals are included. If you don’t need a room or you’d like to share a room with a named person please indicate this in the free text box at the end of the form. Sessions will take place in the Peregrine Suite in the Spey Valley centre at the Resort\, a large meeting space with windows for natural light which is accessible by stairs or lift. Please find the draft programme attached for more information on the sessions. \n  \nThere is a choice of skills session on Tuesday morning\, either “Your PhD\, what next? Working out your priorities and researching your career options”\, or “Inclusion in academia”. A social activity session has been included on the Tuesday afternoon. Active options include a group walk with routes for all abilities\, bike hire as there are off-road cycle paths around the area\, or ice skating at the Resort. Indoors we will have boardgames. If you do not want to participate in the group activities\, the Resort pool and gym are open and the conference space will be available for you to work in if you wish. \n  \nPlease make your own travel arrangements to Aviemore. There is a train station a few minutes’ walk from the Resort\, or you could car-pool to reduce our carbon footprint! There is free car parking for guests. Travel expenses and childcare costs can be claimed from your TSG. \n  \nFeedback: \n“The sessions were all really engaging and relevant (and at times highly emotive -in a positive way). […] Really useful information from every session that was either directly applicable or thought provoking. Great info all round\, really well organised […]\, brilliant speakers and I took a lot away from it.” \n“I LOVED the bar stool sessions. […] The whole vibe of that evening and being in the bar was just wonderful. I enjoyed the free time sessions and Aviemore is a fantastic location. […] The time I had for external activities (enjoying the mountains etc) was perfect with the time for the retreat.” \n“I really appreciated that you invited speakers with very varied career paths\, also outside of academia. That was super interesting and a great inspiration for what is out there and possible with a phd.” \n“Really excellent accommodation and facilities makes for a comfortable stay.”
URL:https://superdtp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/graduate-school-14th-annual-student-retreat/
LOCATION:Macdonald Aviemore Resort\, Aviemore\, PH22 1PN\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Raising your Game: Developing Mathematical Modelling Skills
DESCRIPTION:SUPER is delighted to offer this course delivering core skills in model development and numerical implementation in ecological modelling. Run by Dr Dougie Speirs and Prof Mike Heath from the University of Strathclyde\, you will leave the course equipped with worked examples and the knowledge to apply these methods to your own research. \nThe course will be held after the Annual Student Retreat at the Macdonald Aviemore Resort. \nCourse features include: \n\nHighly practical delivery\, using the R coding environment.\nImmersive environment with hands-on support to develop your modelling skills.\nProject work involving models from individuals to ecosystems\, including examples drawn from real research programmes.\nEncouragement to present your own PhD material for model formulation and computer coding sessions in small groups.\n\nPreviously\, this course has been very well received: \n\nOverall it was rated 5/5 stars and participants were ‘Extremely likely’ to recommend the course.\nParticipants said that the instructional materials and learning activities were ‘Extremely effective’.\nWhen asked to rate how well instructors did on the following aspects\, all said ‘Very well’ for each; Explained the purpose of activities\, Presented concepts in clear and easy-to-understand way\, Maintained your interest throughout\, Encouraged participation\, and Thoroughly answered questions.\n‘This was excellent. In particular [I] enjoyed the structure\, level of engagement and building up everyone’s models.’\n\nCosts will be approx. £400-500 pp\, including accommodation for Wednesday 12 and Thursday 13 March\, breakfasts\, and room hire\, and will be covered from your TSG. Travel and subsistence costs can also be claimed from your TSG. \nWe encourage you to first speak to your supervisors to ensure this course is the right fit for you. Then\, please sign up via this MS Form. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact superdtp@st-andrews.ac.uk.
URL:https://superdtp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ecological-modelling/
LOCATION:Macdonald Aviemore Resort\, Aviemore\, PH22 1PN\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Spring Writing Retreat
DESCRIPTION:We will hire a room for two full days following the Annual Student Retreat from 8.00 am until late to dedicate to writing. Between 9.00 am and 5.00 pm a member of staff will join you and use the Pomodoro timer (25 min work\, 5 min break\, after 2 hours take a 30 min break)\, but you don’t have to stay for the entire day\, or if you need to take a break at an ‘unscheduled’ time. \n  \nWe anticipate the Writing Retreat will be approx. £300-400 pp\, including accommodation for Wednesday 12 and Thursday 13 March\, breakfasts\, and room hire\, and costs will be covered from your TSG. Travel and subsistence costs can also be claimed from your TSG. \n  \nFeedback from the last Spring Writing Retreat in Aviemore was excellent (4.8/5)\, and participants particularly enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere and said it helped them get things done! They worked on their thesis\, literature review\, conference abstract or presentation\, and the PG Cert\, but it isn’t limited to these and you can bring along any task you like. Some feedback from the Autumn Writing Retreat: “I found it very productive and the timeframe worked really well\, I think two full days of focussed work without having to worry about other aspects of daily life was really beneficial.” \n  \nIf this would be something you would be interested in\, please sign up using the link that has been emailed to you.
URL:https://superdtp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/spring-writing-retreat-2025/
LOCATION:Macdonald Aviemore Resort\, Aviemore\, PH22 1PN\, United Kingdom
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