CELT launched the first in a regular series of professional development workshops for research postgraduates related to career and research. From 13-15 January 2009, there were sessions on career management, PhD supervision policies and processes, avoiding plagiarism in thesis writing, presentation skills for research seminars and conferences, effective email for results and career management for lifelong employability.
School of Engineering organised an OBE workshop on 7 Jan 2009, which was delivered by Prof David A. Lange, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois. In the workshop, Prof Lange mentioned about the principles, implementation and assessment issues of OBE for engineering curriculum.