If anything could go wrong, it did!!

Janice WhatleyIRIS Doctoral School

April 3rd 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 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.

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

Researcher Development Framework Knowledge and intellectual abilities Personal effectiveness Research governance and

organization Engagement, influence and impact

Interim Report What is expected How much to write Presentation is important Outcomes:

Fast track Transfer Repeat Continue

Internal Evaluation What is expected How much to write Care with presentation Outcomes:

Transfer Repeat Continue

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

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

 

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

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

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

Good Luck!!

j.e.whatley@salford.ac.uk