Researcher development: a two day Professional Public Speaking Skills programme for PhD students at the University of Sussex

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Essential …

Giving the elevator pitch and having a discussion about pros and cons of each one provided a really nice introduction to new people …

Confidence boosting …

Excellent! …

Brilliant …

Group discussion is inspiring …

It’s a very useful workshop for PhD students, which they need to deliver presentations – I hope there will be more workshops …

Calming techniques – posture breathing etc – are very useful before presentation …

Made me more confident in future …

Extremely useful …

Enlightening …

I liked the small groups – we learnt from and with each other, all the exercises were incredibly useful …

Feeling more confident about presentation skills and finding ways to deal with nerves …

Empowering …

One of the best workshops I have attended at this university. I feel very grateful to get a chance to participate and develop my skills. Thank you …