Section: Course Materials | Additional Skills (2021-22)

Lecturer: Profile: Kathryn Gillow

Course information

Course Term: Michaelmas

Course Lecture Information: 8 lectures

Course Overview:

All students will attend the Additional Skills sessions in MT. These will provide information about how the course is assessed and advice about special topics as well as covering the use of LaTeX and the web, sources of numerical software, literature searches, communication and career development. A careers event is usually organised in November.

Section outline

- Select activity Week 1: Programme for the term
  
  Week 1: Programme for the term File
- Select activity Week 1: Guidelines on special topics
  
  Week 1: Guidelines on special topics File
- Select activity Week 1: Special topic list with course codes
  
  Week 1: Special topic list with course codes File
- Select activity Week 1: Links
  
  Week 1: Links File
- Select activity Week 2: Introduction to LaTeX
  
  Week 2: Introduction to LaTeX File
- Select activity Week 2: LaTeX example
  
  Week 2: LaTeX example File
  
  Zip file with example LaTeX file written in Lecture 2
- Select activity Week 3: Badly written document
  
  Week 3: Badly written document File
  
  There are over 40 deliberate (and probably some non-deliberate) mistakes in this document. How many can you spot?
- Select activity Week 4: Using the Web
  
  Week 4: Using the Web File
- Select activity Week 6: Doing a DPhil
  
  Week 6: Doing a DPhil File
- Select activity Week 7: Special topic template (LaTeX version)
  
  Week 7: Special topic template (LaTeX version) File
- Select activity Week 7: Special topic template (pdf produced by LaTeX file)
  
  Week 7: Special topic template (pdf produced by LaTeX file)
- Select activity Week 7: Assessment guidelines for special topics
  
  Week 7: Assessment guidelines for special topics File
- Select activity Week 7: Special topic mark form
  
  Week 7: Special topic mark form File
  
  The second page of the completed mark form will be returned to you after the special topic marks are released.
- Select activity Week 7: Special topic tips
  
  Week 7: Special topic tips File
- Select activity Week 7: Modelling example
  
  Week 7: Modelling example File
- Select activity Week 7: Computing example
  
  Week 7: Computing example File
- Select activity Week 8: Exam URLs
  
  Week 8: Exam URLs File
- Select activity Week 8: Plagiarism and citation guide
  
  Week 8: Plagiarism and citation guide File
- Select activity Week 8: Dissertation handbook summary
  
  Week 8: Dissertation handbook summary File

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