Are you just beginning your 2nd year as a Birkbeck PhD student?
As the new 2018/19 academic year begins we hope you are looking forward to diving back in to your research. In order to give our new intake of PhD students a better picture of what their first year might entail, we would like to hear from those of you who are just beginning your second year as a doctoral researchers at Birkbeck.
We would aim to include your answers in a profile piece on the BGRS blog during the Autumn term.
For those who are willing to take part we would ask you to reply to some of the following questions about your first year as a research student; and you would be welcome to add any other experiences that you think are relevant:
- Were there any aspects of beginning your PhD that you found especially challenging and how were you able to overcome this?
- What are the key achievements or milestones from your first year and how do these fit with your aims for the second year?
- What role has your supervisor played during your first year?
- What advice would you give other students who are just beginning as doctoral researchers at Birkbeck or to staff who have responsibilities for supporting or supervising PhD students?
- What were the highlights of your first year?
- What are you looking forward to most as you begin your second year?
- Was there any training or resource that you would particularly recommend to first year PhD students?
- How well have you been able to balance the work required to begin your PhD with other family, work or other commitments?
Tea and coffee invitation
Those who agree to take part will be invited to share some free tea and coffee in G20 with others who contributed to the piece, later in the term.
Contact us
Please do contact us if you would be willing to share your experiences for this blog piece, or if you have any questions.
