You will participate in a mandatory core skills week following Welcome week. This will cover core topics and a broad spectrum of cutting-edge biomedical research seminars. Core skills training includes a series of lectures, tutorials and workshops covering the following topics, designed to explore areas relevant to a career in the biomedical sciences: scientific thinking how to consider research papers how to keep a proper lab book how to get the most out of your MSc health & safety animal health and welfare an introduction to how to critically assess research papers and data analysis intellectual property, commercialisation and patents science on the global stage communicating science As a fully matriculated student you can, of course, attend any research seminar across the University. After core skills week, you will begin your first research project. Research project one This article was published on 2024-08-05