Hi all,

I've been accepted to take part in a project that consists of lectures, seminars, and fieldwork (art and architecture-based) for early career scholars. The project will take place over several months in three different overseas locations and the lectures will be given by some impressive experts.

So, yay, I'm pretty happy about it because it comes with some prestige. However, as I'm not *producing* anything (unless they ask me to give a short talk about my personal area of expertise), how can I cite something like this on my CV? I can't really put it under 'articles/presentations'...can I put it under 'training'? My CV is a bit...vacant, shall we say, so everything looks a little random on there.

Thanks for your help, wise forumites.

Congrats on the opportunity to start with! Sounds exciting!

Could you not have an experience section?

I'm quite new to academic CVs but I tend to not stick to the boundaries that seem to be imposed on CV writing, whether it's for an academic or non-academic position. I've recently applied for a PhD opportunity and I approached my CV the way I would with my non-acadmic CVs but swapped round the sections so they were in a better order and obviously ensured that it was wholly relevant to the position I was applying for.

I would certainly put this under 'Experience' and although you may not be producing anything you will learn things that could well be of relevance in your CV such as cultural awareness. I work in recruitment and I often find that academics underestimate the significance of some areas of their experience, often not mentioning things at all which would be directly relevant to a position they are applying for.