A PhD interview is a precious opportunity to make a positive and memorable impression. Thorough preparation is vital, and that means working on style as well as content. The way you conduct yourself, present ideas and respond to questions has a powerful influence on the way you are perceived.

Masterclass:

This highly practical training will provide everything you need to know about interviewing, including delivering a presentation. Importantly you will get to try some techniques out yourself in a very supportive and fun setting. The best way to learn is to learn by doing!

It is no secret that many find interviews daunting and attending this course will enable you to take that one step closer in achieving the best out of yourself.

Topics covered:

• Principles of effective interviews and presenting
• Managing nerves and performing with confidence
• Achieving physical and vocal presence
• Engaging the interview panel
• Achieving clarity and impact
• Responding convincingly to questions

Followed by overview of PhD interviews in the biosciences and Q+A with the SWBio DTP:

For the final half an hour, you will hear about the different types of PhD interviews you could encounter as well as an opportunity to ask members from the SWBio DTP (refer below) anything you want to know about a bioscience PhD interview.

Registration deadline: Midday, Fri 26th November

About the SWBio DTP

This workshop is provided through the BBSRC-funded South West Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership in collaboration with VOX coaching. This multi-institutional programme provides PhD training in the biosciences, supporting career journeys into academia, industry and beyond.

Further information about the SWBio DTP programme: https://www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/

Projects currently available for bioscience PhD studentships starting in Sept 2022 (Application deadline: Midnight 6th Dec 2021)

Data protection and sharing statement

All information provided as part of your registration for the event (on the next page) will be held securely by the SWBio DTP Administrative Hub based at the University of Bristol (the data controller) and processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation.

For monitoring and evaluation purposes only, your data may be shared with other universities, research organisations or third parties (e.g. BBSRC) that are involved with the SWBio DTP. This is to enable us to monitor the demographics of those who registered for the event, to allow us to evaluate and demonstrate the effectiveness of the event to the partnership and BBSRC.

Any sharing of data will be anonymous and may be held for up to 6 years (to enable us to evaluate in comparison to subsequent events).

If you want to get in contact about the use of the information that you have provided, please contact swbio-dtp@bristol.ac.uk.