Soft and Research Skills Development

Soft skills are a combination of people skills, social skills, communication skills, character or personality traits, attitudes,career attributes, social intelligence, and emotional intelligence that enable people to navigate their environment, workwell with others, perform well, and achieve their goals with complementing hard skills. The Collins English Dictionarydefines the term “soft skills” as “desirable qualities for certain forms of employment that do not depend on acquiredknowledge: they include common sense, the ability to deal with people, and a positive flexible attitudeResearch skills like Bibliographic research, Academic Writing, Poster Presentation, Promotion of your Research, GrantWriting, Interview Tips and Digital Skills are also important to be taught from the final undergraduate year of anydiscipline.

The objectives of the course (offered for undergraduate and postgraduate students) are the following:

Develop an understanding of the importance of soft & research skills including how soft & Research skills are:

• Connected to technical or hard skills
• Raise awareness amongst students, teachers, and professionals
• Identify necessary soft skills depending on expertise
• Assess how soft skills can be improved
• Clarify and apply effective communication skills
• Define and outline effective leadership skills including best practices
• Examine and develop sense of self and culture

What are the Soft Skills a Scientist should have (Time Management, Problem Solving and Communication Skills)How Research Skills are connected with your research and professional career,

Teaching / Learning Methodology