Health Impact Assessment - Workshop 1

We would like to draw your attention to a couple of new features which have been integrated into the PDR pages. We hope they are a valuable enhancement to the system.

The first is the facility to produce a summary document containing an entire year's PDR meetings at the click of a button. You will now see a printer icon next to 'Date of Activity' above your PDR meeting records. Click on this icon and you will be able to print out, or download, all the selected year's meetings. This will compile a summary of issues and targets from each meeting and all the relevant data in one continuous file.

The second new feature relates to the skills audit section. We have added the possibility to record that a skill is 'not relevant' when appropriate. Previously you have only been able to select 'unsure', 'not yet confident' or 'confident'. When the 'not relevant' option is selected you will be prompted, and required, to state why this skill is not relevant in your case.

Check your registrations details held within SPIDER.

Think about and record:
1) Why you are doing a Research Degree?
2) Do you have any initial concerns?

Create a new record of research activity; send details to your supervisor (to produce a Formal Meetings Record) and view details of previously recorded activity.

• Record of registered formal training
  View the formal training that you are currently registered for in SPIDER. This training accumulates formal training credit and is part of your Graduate School Skills Programme.
• Record of PDR-credited training and generic skills activities
  Record other training or activities that you have undertaken (e.g. presenting at conference, organising/contributing to a journal club etc. or leading a club/society event) that are not formally part of your Graduate School Skills Programme, and you do not register for via SPIDER.

Think about and record evidence of the skills you have developed and/or developing, by using this audit that is based on the Joint Skills Statement produced by the Research Councils.