BIOLOGY TEACHING ORGANISATION

PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT RECORD
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SKILLS INDEX
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A
abstracts and short reports
assertiveness
attachments (e-mail)

B
biochemistry
biochemistry revision - recommended web sites
biology web sites (recommended)
Biometrics 2h - study & revision resources
business-related skills

C
calculations - molarity, dilutions, etc.
Careers Service (or go direct to the university's Careers Service site)
career planning - see "Prospects web"
Cell Metabolism & Regulation 2h - study & revision resources
communication skills
communication resources
computer labs - biology
computer labs - university locations, opening times, etc.
computing - getting started (EUCS undergraduate support)
CVs

D
databases
dilutions - calculating
distribution lists (e-mail)

E
e-mail
employment - go direct to Student Employment Service
entrepreneurship
essays
EUSA - job vacancies
EUSA - student development programme
exams - past papers
exam skills
Excel spreadsheets
Excel charts
Excel graphs
Excel equations
Expeditions
experimental design

F
field experience
fieldwork (including safety)
Firbush Field Studies Centre
foreign languages
French language courses

G
German courses
group work
graphics workshops
graphs (Excel)

H
hypothesis - constructing, testing

I
images - inserting into documents
images - manipulating (see Graphics & Multimedia Resource Centre)
industrial placements
industry - questions asked
information technology (IT) skills
Insight into Management course
interpersonal skills
interview skills
Italian language courses

J
jobs - applying for
jobs - vacation
jobs - term
jobs - vacancies

L
laboratory skills
languages
lecture notes
library - book search
library - science databases
literary skills

M
management workshops
mathematics skills
molarity - calculations
multimedia resources

N
numerical skills - guidance tests

O
oral communication skills
overseas opportunities - vacation jobs
overseas study - North American Exchange scheme
overseas study - Erasmus scheme

P
plagiarism
poster design
postgraduate opportunities (also see Prospects web)
Powerpoint - for poster design
problem solving
public speaking
psychometric testing

Q
Quantitative Biology 1h
questions - in talks
questions - asked by major employers

R
reports - writing

S
safety - field
safety - laboratory
Scottish Institute for Entrepreneurship
search engines
SI units
societies (EUSA)
speaking
spelling
spreadsheets (Excel) (or online guide to all the basics of Excel)
statistical skills (or go direct to statistical tests)
Student Employment Service
study overseas - North America
study overseas - Europe
study skills

T
tables - Excel
talks - delivering
talks - preparing
talks - overheads
team skills
time management

V
vacation work
vacation courses
voluntary work

W
web site design (or go direct to on-line tutorial)
word processing (also beginner's guide - writing an essay using Word 97)
writing skills
writing - resources
World Wide Web - searching for information
WWW - search engines (Google)
World Wide Web - downloading
WWW copyright issues

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