Managing Your Information - A Workshop for First-year PhD Students

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Over the course of your PhD research you will find and generate huge volumes of information, and staying on top of it all can be problematic. This workshop is designed to help you think about how you work, and to find tools and practical strategies that will work for you in storing, retrieving, managing and using information.

• First-year PhD students

You should be engaged in doctoral research, ideally in your first year.

• To understand common issues in storing and retrieving large volumes of information
• To consider a range of strategies and tools for evaluating, organising, and managing your information
• To reflect on your own workflow and learning style

Presentations, demonstrations, discussion and practicals

• Session 1 slides
• Session 1 handout
• Session 2 slides
• Session 2 handout

• Information management toolkit

Two sessions of two hours

Yearly