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Marco Palomino is currently a Senior Lecturer in \u2018Information Systems and Big Data\u2019 at the School of Computing, Electronics and Mathematics at the University of Plymouth.<\/em><\/p>\n

Before this, Marco was a Research Fellow at the University of Exeter Medical School, based at the European Centre for Environment and Human Health in Truro. His research and teaching focuses on the acquisition and analysis of real-time, web based information and emerging trends, opportunities and constraints that might affect the probability of achieving management goals and objectives. Marco had previously worked at the University of Westminster as a Visiting Lecturer after he gained his PhD in Computer Science from Downing College at the University of Cambridge.<\/em><\/p>\n

One of Marco\u2019s publications for work conducted whilst he was at the University of Exeter was selected by the publishing house\u2019s editorial team as highly commended. He puts part of his success with publications, public speaking and his career progression down to the training he took place in, whilst at Exeter.<\/em><\/p>\n

Whilst at Exeter Marco took the opportunity to engage in as much development as time would allow and came to several of the Researcher Development Programme<\/a> sessions that are tailored towards Early Career Researchers (ECRs).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe training courses for early career researchers at Exeter are brilliant \u2013 entertaining, informative and applicable<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI found the sessions on giving presentations and visualising data particularly useful. Indeed, one example which has stayed with me to this day, used the London Underground map as a reference point. It was a perfect way to demonstrate how information visualised for a particular audience, should often be adapted to suit the needs of a different group of users, even if the underlying data is the same.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

The training and development sessions at Exeter were also immensely useful when I subsequently went to conferences to give presentations and now for giving and preparing my lectures. Things that I learned from the Researcher Development Programme keep coming back to me on a daily basis and have really enhanced the way that I work. They were also fun to take part in and highly applicable.<\/p>\n

Sometimes these are simple things like ensuring that my slides are being understood by the audience by reducing the amount of text, maintaining clarity and simplicity. This is advice has also been of equal use for when I prepare my online teaching materials.<\/p>\n

However, some advice I gained has been fundamentally more important to my career, in general. I was always quite nervous speaking at conferences, but the advice I received whilst at Exeter about how to start a presentation, introduce myself and the content of the talk has proved essential. I use this now every day when I start my lectures and it has also aided in my preparation. Moreover, I used the technique for the interview for my current role, so it seems to work well.<\/p>\n

My advice to current ECRs at Exeter is to make as much use of the training on offer from the Doctoral College as you possibly can, it really is excellent and can make a difference to your research activities as well as securing future roles. Finally, I am really happy to hear the plans for the future of ECR development at Exeter. The \u2018ECR Hub<\/a>\u2019 and more bespoke training in the form of \u2018Researcher-led Initiatives<\/a>\u2019 sounds like they are excellent additions.<\/p>\n

Written By<\/strong><\/em>:<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>This blog article has been compiled by Dr Chris Wood, Research Staff Development Manager in the Doctoral College, based on a discussion with Marco Palamino in February 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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