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If anything could go wrong, it did!!

If anything could go wrong, it did!!. Janice Whatley IRIS Doctoral School April 3 rd 2012. Your progress. Who has gone through the Interim Report stage? Did anyone need to redo this? Who has completed the Internal Evaluation? Did anyone need to redo this?. Talking about your work.

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If anything could go wrong, it did!!

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  1. If anything could go wrong, it did!! Janice Whatley IRIS Doctoral School April 3rd 2012

  2. Your progress • Who has gone through the Interim Report stage? • Did anyone need to redo this? • Who has completed the Internal Evaluation? • Did anyone need to redo this?

  3. Talking about your work • Can you give me in 1 sentence (or 2) what your thesis is all about. • If you can’t explain your work in this way, you will not be able to defend it in the Viva.

  4. What does a PhD mean? • Creation and interpretation of knowledge, extending the discipline • Ability to conceptualise, design and implement projects • Qualities for employment: • Making informed judgements • Innovative ways to tackle problems • See page 49 of Code of Practice

  5. Researcher Development Framework • Knowledge and intellectual abilities • Personal effectiveness • Research governance and organization • Engagement, influence and impact

  6. Interim Report • What is expected • How much to write • Presentation is important • Outcomes: • Fast track • Transfer • Repeat • Continue

  7. Internal Evaluation • What is expected • How much to write • Care with presentation • Outcomes: • Transfer • Repeat • Continue

  8. Progression Points • Good areas • Negative feedback more important • Look for the SPoRT session on Progression Points

  9. Links to useful information http://www.pg.salford.ac.uk/page/general_forms the PhD journey diagram here is useful too http://www.pg.salford.ac.uk/page/pgr_pt_journey

  10. Balancing the workload • Work and Life • Full-time, Part-time, GTA • Other priorities

  11. RGC Regulations • Assessment criteria • Timing of the progression points • Binding the work for submission

  12. Working towards VE Day • Advice: • Keep records of everything you do.  • Don’t throw anything away, it might come in handy later, when the direction of your work deviates from originally planned. • Be reflective, part of this process is your development as a researcher. • Reflection on your learning and on the research methods is part of the process. • Submit to the SPARC conference

  13. Good Luck!! j.e.whatley@salford.ac.uk

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