Your student life Dr Steph Colvan Researcher Development

Your student life Dr Steph Colvan Researcher Development Programme Manager Dr Campbell Reid PG Cert Researcher Professional Development Lead

Your student life Strathclyde Doctoral School Setting expectations Clarity of purpose and process

Induction Months 1, 13, 25 Every six months Months 12, 24, 36 By month 42 By month 48 supervision Interim and annual reviews progression finishing examination

Starting out In month 10 you should be preparing for you annual review meeting Interim review Half way!! There are key things you need to do in month 1 -3 • Agree supervisory meeting schedule • Agree research plan • Do training needs analysis (TNA) • Create training plan Interim review Do you have a thesis plan yet? Annual review Interim review Viva MAX SUBMIT TNA and update research plan Annual review TNA and update research plan Submit thesis In month 12 you will reach a progression point and a decision will be taken on your continued registration Interim review Final PG Cert RPD essays Final annual review Earliest point for submission

Supervision • • Agree a schedule of meetings Create a plan for your research Talk about your training and development needs Be clear on reporting requirements – Interim/annual reviews – PG Cert Researcher Professional Development – Funder requirements

Annual review Review of progress against original plan Data management plan Overview of training undertaken Proposals for future training and development

Outcomes Satisfactory with reservations Unsatisfactory

Your timeline to submission The “ 10, 000 hour rule” suggests that it take about 10, 000 hours to master something. This was popularized by Malcolm Gladwell in his book, Outliers. (“ 10, 000 hours is the magic number of greatness. ”) You have…. 132 -176 weeks (6 weeks hols) 660 -880 days 5280 -7040 hours

RDP: PG Essentials online Dec Jan Nov Oct Starting out training Feb Mar Apr Interim review training May DRG Conf Jun Explorathon (public engagement) Jul Engage week Aug RDP: Planning your professional development Half way!! RDP: writing and presenting research May Jun Apr Training Engage week Mar Jul Aug Interim review Feb Jan Jul Aug Dec Nov Images of research Oct Nov Dec 3 MT Sep Dec Sep MAX SUBMIT Oct Jan Images of research Nov Oct Sep Annual review Feb 3 MT Sep Final annual review Interim review May Jun Mar Jan Annual review DRG conference Apr Feb Aug Jul Mar Interim review Jun DRG Conf Apr May

The end game • The thesis • The examiner • The exam – see our guidance

Exam criteria (Ph. D)

Outcomes (Ph. D)

The end. . . Or just the beginning… Get involved Take advantage of the opportunities Enjoy your time at Strathclyde

Help us help you • Seek out support and help when things are tough – Departmental staff – PGR Director – Other students – Reseacher Development Team – Student Support Services

Some key policies • University Regulations • Policy and Code of Practice for Postgraduate Research Study • • • Code of Practice on Investigations involving Human Beings Framework of Professional Doctorates Research Code of Practice Research Data Policy Research Data Deposit Policy Student Discipline Procedure