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Communications & Interactions by Harry Muzart
These are to do with: Information gathering/collection, and delivery. Independent and collaborative efforts to get stuff done; more to do with implementing, and independent pre-work, peri-meeting collaborations, reviewing progress reports, and giving further feedback on course of action. Involving works/discussions with qualified student and staff peers of these topics, but also active implementation of these.
Academic Skills for University and Transferable Skills for work (Oct-Dec 2019)
Why do a course at KCL? (Oct-Dec 2019)
Postgraduate Open Days 2019 (Nov 2019)
About the IoPPN courses and MSc Neuroscience course structure (Nov-Dec 2019)
Wayfinding building and events (Nov-Dec 2019)
Multidisciplinary approaches to complex problem-solving given limited financial resources (Dec 2019 - Jan 2020)
Practical Applied Science (Dec 2019 - Jan 2020)
New Ideas for Change (Dec 2019 - Jan 2020)
Matters to Tackle at KCL (Dec 2019 - Jan 2020)
The Urgency to Tackle Existential Threats to Humanity (Dec 2019 - Jan 2020)
Global Sustainability in its Broadest Sense (Jan 2020)
The rise of Artificial Intelligence (Jan 2020)
Postgraduate Open Days 2020 (Feb 2020)
Outreach to secondary Schools (Feb 2020)
Scientific Research at the IoPPN (Feb-Mar 2020)
Free Speech, Freedom of Expression at University (Mar 2020)
Evidence-based Social Engineering for Cultural Change, Diversity and Inclusion (Mar 2020)
From Neuroscience to Neuropharmaceutics, Neuroimaging, and Neurology/Neurosurgery (Apr 2020)
KCL Postgraduate courses -Neurosciences (Apr-Jun 2020)
University Life - living, rooms, etc (Apr-Jun 2020)
Pioneering and Furthering Science Popularisation (Apr-Jun 2020)
Post 2nd Wave (Covid-19 Pandemic, UK): Human Behaviour in London Estates and Infrastructure (May 2020)
The state of e-Communications (Sep-Nov 2020)
The process of Innovative Collaborations, Feedback and Input between students and staff (Sep-Nov 2020)
Reviewing positive-sum interactions as a KCL worker (Sep-Nov 2020)
Career Prospects and opportunities (Nov 2020)
Postgraduate Open Days 2020 (online) (Nov 2020)
Re-evaluating Assessments (exams and Coursework) in Academia (Nov-Dec 020)
Offer Holder magazine tips (Nov 2020)
Why do a course at KCL? (2021 update) (Jan 2021)
On Mental Health and mutually-beneficial relationships with others (Jan 2021)
Ecological Considerations: the Physics and Politics of Climate Change (Mar 2021)
Learning, Learning about Learning (Meta-Learning), and the Future of Learning (Apr 2021)
How to deliver Service-Learning and Engaging with the Local Community (Apr 2021)
Modules for Skills for undergrads?
See other list for until June 2022.
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MAIN PROJECTS
For the main scientific research project: " Improving people's learning .... ", see [LINK] .
For the others, see the other sections.
Ideas for "King's 100" Meeting Panel Discussion on Wednesday 29th January 2020 (Franklin-Wilkins Building, Stamford Street, Waterloo, London, SE1 9NH)
Ideas for "King's 100" Meeting Panel Discussion on Wednesday 29th January 2020 (Franklin-Wilkins Building, Stamford Street, Waterloo, London, SE1 9NH)
by Harry Muzart - Monday, 27 January 2020 (posted on the public King's 100 Keats forum)
Hi All,
I'm Harry. I'm a student part of King's 100. For those who don't know, I'm currently pursuing scientific research here at KCL and progressing through a MSc Neuroscience (2018-2020), focusing on cognitive neurosciences. I've already spoken to many of you before. Here, I just thought I would bring up key topics I feel very strongly about, related to my other work and projects that I am involved in. These are highly relevant to the pre-work, and I thought it could be very interesting to discuss these at the meeting if there is time:
---1--- Work experience as being part of the university course (but perhaps as a separate module for which you can gain credits). This would have to be meaningful and productive work: for example, it should be in a relevant area of interest to the student and linked/contributing to assessments like coursework and exams. I believe that would be more beneficial for final year undergraduates and postgraduates. For example, a science student engaging in a lab research assistant role related to a piece of coursework, a humanities student engaging in writing articles with a local publisher to then be orally examined on, etc. This would also contribute further to CVs and letters of recommendations. There should also be some sort of financial incentives (eg. being directly paid or via future scholarships, etc). It should also be related and directly applicable to an actual real-life problem.
---2--- The need for greater interdisciplinary teams (which is plentiful at postgraduate level, but lacking more at secondary school and undergraduate level). In particular, we need to help promote the idea of interconnected complex systems at all organisational levels of life --- anywhere from molecules/cells, to how human beings operate individually, to macroeconomics and entire populations/ecosystems; this again is relevant to meaningful work and general sustainability.
---3--- An emphasis on education and lifestyle changes. We don't just want to simplify the way knowledge is transmitted, but we want much more emphasis on empowering others to self-educate and seek out information for themselves, which would be more optimal and cost-efficient and sustainable in terms of the long-term career prospects of people of any age; this also ties into the last meeting on 'King's first year and essential skills'; educational reforms will also positively impact personal health and career/jobs, but also all the other SDGs.
---4--- A greater need for technology-enhanced educational outreach, and applied neurosciences. E.g. via engaging online videos, interactive tests/Q&A sessions at the end of lectures, virtual digital simulations, online cloud-based collaborative multi-user workspaces, etc. Different staff will employ these in different amounts, but I believe more should be implemented.
---5--- For all subjects, embedding in the curriculum and implementing the concept of the rapid rise of artificial intelligence. This is a recent growing trend from over the last few years, and the years to come. Much of this is linked to the automation of jobs and a very rapid changing job landscape like we have never seen before; this has been going on for over a decade now and only now is there at least some discussion of it in general academia and politics and broadcasting. This also includes how personal big data is being used in industry, advertising, healthcare, environmental issues, etc. All discussion of meaningful work and SDGs should be in the context of that.
---6--- Embedding in the curriculum policies on existential threats like viral/microbial epidemics (whether induced naturally or synthetically). This could be a much more catastrophic problem to both human and non-human animals all around the world, more than any other threats like natural disasters, global warming, thermonuclear war, etc, so I think it deserves more attention.
---7--- Promoting reason, empiricism, free speech and freedom of expression, to debate widely varied and differing points of view, to think critically and solve complicated problems in novel innovative ways.
I've already spoken to many of you and worked with other students and staff about topics like these, and I look forward to doing more of that over the coming months.
See you this Wednesday!
Harry
Mr Harry S F Muzart
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https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Harry_Muzart
https://twitter.com/HMuzart
Mental health
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Postgradute offer magazine
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/offerholderhub/pg
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study-at-kings/assets/pg-oh-magazine-2021.pdf
Life at King's
My name is Harry and I have been studying the Neuroscience MSc at King's for the last two years (2018-2020). Being part of King's, you will benefit from a range of learning content, frequent interactions with world-renowned academics, and access to state-of-the-art facilities & resources. Everyday life is very exciting as a student at King's, as you are constantly motivated to produce work for your postgraduate degree which is going to be very impactful to you and others.
Diversity
King's has a strong emphasis on having an interdisciplinary and multi-faceted approach to life. Especially as a postgraduate, you will interact with people with different life stories, from many different countries and cultural backgrounds, and across many subject areas within the sciences and humanities; this will help you broaden your mind and help solve problems that you may be working on in your own postgraduate theses. Moreover, I have found King's to be very supportive of students with a variety of disabilities. King's also provides students with access to the technological equipment they need, as students come from a range of socio-economic backgrounds, and some may have more financial difficulties than others, especially in these times.
Learning Online
I have made the most out of KCL's online resources. These include the lecture recordings on the Echo 360 system, the Keats forums & downloadable e-publications, LinkedIn Learning videos, and remotely accessible KCL programs like virtual labs & data analysis software (e.g. in my field of cognitive neuroimaging). I found these extremely valuable for my learning and MSc research project.
When teleconferencing in groups with other students/staff on Microsoft Teams, it's important to be prepared and proactive: make sure your computer equipment is well set up, write down notes (hand-written and typed), and don't be afraid to ask questions! Also, make efficient use of the digital collaborative tools, such as browser-based shared OneDrive and Google documents, where everyone can edit the same piece of work at the same time.
Social life
What attracted me most to King's is that the social life, extracurricular activities and friendships you develop, as a postgraduate, are very career-oriented. These are a great opportunity for networking with new friends and colleagues, which ties into your career opportunities as an alumnus. Your social life will indirectly contribute to your degree achievement, and vice-versa, so you never have to worry about sacrificing one for the other. Your social life will not suffer due to the Covid-19 pandemic, as expert scientists at King's have been working very hard to implement policies and systems to keep everyone safe, without compromising the importance of face-to-face interactions and group events. You will also keep close relationships with others, by communicating via online group chats and forums.
Travel & transport
It's important to efficiently get to where you want to be, whether it be doing your research or attending a conference on a different campus. From my experience having lived in London for many years, and commuting to and from London for many years, I have experience of using trains, the underground tube, buses, and cars, as well as cycling and walking; and you yourself will quickly learn how efficient each of these are. You will also have exclusive discounts based on your student and residency status. Furthermore, many of these modes of public transportation now have Wifi connectivity enabled ubiquitously, so you carry on using your laptop/smartphone to keep focused on your postgraduate work.
London
King's benefits from being in London, one of the greatest global cities in the world. King's has many industry partners with headquarters and satellite offices in London, such as tech companies like Google and Microsoft, or companies related to financial services, marketing, publishing, media broadcasting, etc. If you study healthcare-related subjects, you have access to the best and largest specialist hospitals in the country, as well as pharmaceutical companies, whether your degree is research-based or for clinical practice and professional development. You also have access to globally-known museums and libraries and exhibitions; and many of these places have started to implement online visits via audio tours, live 360-degree videos that you can navigate, and even 3D virtual reality with AI avatars, which give the impression of really being there.
Learning and learning about learning and protocol implementation
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Ideas for "King's 100" Meeting Panel Discussion on Wednesday 29th January 2020 (Franklin-Wilkins Building, Stamford Street, Waterloo, London, SE1 9NH)
---1--- Work experience as being part of the university course (but perhaps as a separate module for which you can gain credits). This would have to be meaningful and productive work: for example, it should be in a relevant area of interest to the student and linked/contributing to assessments like coursework and exams. I believe that would be more beneficial for final year undergraduates and postgraduates. For example, a science student engaging in a lab research assistant role related to a piece of coursework, a humanities student engaging in writing articles with a local publisher to then be orally examined on, etc. This would also contribute further to CVs and letters of recommendations. There should also be some sort of financial incentives (eg. being directly paid or via future scholarships, etc). It should also be related and directly applicable to an actual real-life problem.
---2--- The need for greater interdisciplinary teams (which is plentiful at postgraduate level, but lacking more at secondary school and undergraduate level). In particular, we need to help promote the idea of interconnected complex systems at all organisational levels of life --- anywhere from molecules/cells, to how human beings operate individually, to macroeconomics and entire populations/ecosystems; this again is relevant to meaningful work and general sustainability.
---3--- An emphasis on education and lifestyle changes. We don't just want to simplify the way knowledge is transmitted, but we want much more emphasis on empowering others to self-educate and seek out information for themselves, which would be more optimal and cost-efficient and sustainable in terms of the long-term career prospects of people of any age; this also ties into the last meeting on 'King's first year and essential skills'; educational reforms will also positively impact personal health and career/jobs, but also all the other SDGs.
---4--- A greater need for technology-enhanced educational outreach, and applied neurosciences. E.g. via engaging online videos, interactive tests/Q&A sessions at the end of lectures, virtual digital simulations, online cloud-based collaborative multi-user workspaces, etc. Different staff will employ these in different amounts, but I believe more should be implemented.
---5--- For all subjects, embedding in the curriculum and implementing the concept of the rapid rise of artificial intelligence. This is a recent growing trend from over the last few years, and the years to come. Much of this is linked to the automation of jobs and a very rapid changing job landscape like we have never seen before; this has been going on for over a decade now and only now is there at least some discussion of it in general academia and politics and broadcasting. This also includes how personal big data is being used in industry, advertising, healthcare, environmental issues, etc. All discussion of meaningful work and SDGs should be in the context of that.
---6--- Embedding in the curriculum policies on existential threats like viral/microbial epidemics (whether induced naturally or synthetically). This could be a much more catastrophic problem to both human and non-human animals all around the world, more than any other threats like natural disasters, global warming, thermonuclear war, etc, so I think it deserves more attention.
---7--- Promoting reason, empiricism, free speech and freedom of expression, to debate widely varied and differing points of view, to think critically and solve complicated problems in novel innovative ways.
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