20 min or a guest talk
Focused time
5 minutes
Focused time
5 minutes
Focused time
Bring one goal for the session. You can talk in the chat box, and you never have to turn your camera on if you don’t want to.
What a PhD is, how academia works, and whether advanced study is right for you.
How doctoral study is entered: applications, proposals, supervisors and interviews.
How doctoral study is paid for: stipends, scholarships, fees and funding bodies.
What doctoral study involves day to day: supervision, milestones, teaching and progression.
How research is conducted, written up, reviewed and published.
The pressures of academic life and how researchers manage them.
How doctoral study concludes: submission, the defence, corrections and graduation.
Careers after doctoral study, in academia and beyond.
