• Training Room

    Beginning as an Effective Researcher: The Early Stages (Year 1 of PhD)
    Provider   Researcher Development Programme

    Participants will clarify what a PhD is, and so what doing a doctorate means for each individual. This includes looking at core skills required and key millstones in the process.

Duration 1 full day

Course Type Workshop

Booking Status Waiting List

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Target Audience: PGRs in the first 12 months of their PhD

This interactive workshop will explore what a PhD is, and through this process will unpack the significance of this for how each individual approaches their doctorate. This then will allow us to map key milestones and begin to focus on the necessary core skills for successful, and timely doctoral completion, including research design and data management; alongside time-, task- & self-management. Ultimately, the focus is how to work at your best, to thrive towards becoming an effective researcher.

 

By the end of the workshop participants will:

  • Understand what a doctorate is, and so have a sense of what is required of them, what the key milestones are and what skills they will need
  • Be aware of key research design and data management planning principles, to be able to master their PhD process, develop great habits and be able to get going with building a thesis
  • Know key tools for time and task management, in order to meet deadlines and ensure that they complete successfully and on time
  • Have begun to explore how to balance motivation and momentum, and work at their best.


Delivered By: Dave Filipović-Carter

Prerequisites

Cancellation Policy

If you are unable to attend a course please cancel your place as soon as possible, with at least 3 working days notice via the online booking system http://bookings.strath.ac.uk/mybookings.asp.

Full details of booking conditions can be found at the link below.

PG Certificate in Researcher Professional Development

All postgraduate research students are eligible to access the Researcher Development Programme workshops. This workshop can contribute towards the PG Certificate in Researcher Professional Development (PG Cert RPD).

You can find credit and class information in the Researcher Development Programme Handbook and in NEPTUNE (Engineering, HaSS) or SPIDER (Science).

Please check with your department or Supervisor to confirm if you are enrolled on the PG Cert RPD and how many credits you are expected to achieve if you are unsure.