Life as a ph d student at ou
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Short presentation on pointers for future The Open University (UK) students that want to follow a PhD track.
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Life as a ph d student at ou
- 1. Life as a PhD student at OU Inge de Waard
- 2. Background: diversity • University => PhD: quicker take up career, less experience • University => job => PhD: more experience, delayed career start, identity crisis
- 3. Why PhD? • Professional career: academic, corporate, project lead … • Personal development: insight in research and methods • My reason: more experience in academic methods, institutions, getting the PhD-experience, job opportunity
- 4. OU opportunity's for PhD’s • Learn with peers (exchange and support) • Post-grad activities • Seminars (early career information, funding skills) • Reading sessions (academic literature/discussion) • Workshops (research methods, critical reading) • Networking • Campus social life
- 5. The supervisors My experience (2 supervisors): • Year 1: • weekly supervisions: clear actions, feedback => result: get probation report / pilot study started (ethics clearance) • Presentation opportunities (1000 £ / year) • Year 2: • bi-weekly supervisions: support and guidance setting up main study (data collection & analysis), methods Different supervisors, different experiences: mutual understanding, give-&-take (research papers, visibility, academic rigor)
- 6. Year 1 => probation report / pilot 4 things thatmake PhD life easier • propose research that inspires you (intrinsic motivation and the lone-research journey), • build a PhD structure in the cloud (build on chapters that will be part of actual thesis), • keep shared notes of supervision meetings (easy for progress reports and keep track of comments that are useful once the writing up stage starts), • OU seminars/workshops/knowledge/library to enhance your (chosen) knowledge.
- 7. Download application forms For all applications • http://www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate/research-degrees/how-to- apply For PhD applications • http://www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate/research-degrees/how-to- apply/mphil-and-phd-application-process
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