Planning for your final year

Liverpool Doctoral College

PGR: Plan Your Final Year. 
The final year of PhD research can be difficult. Finishing research, thesis writing, viva preparations, job hunting – candidates have many different things to accomplish and balance. In this session, participants will be given practical tools and space to plan the time leading up to thesis submission and examination. Project planning concepts will be applied to personal situations and during this interactive workshop, participants will:
 •    explore essential steps for planning; •    identify the different goals and components of their final year; •    start a plan detailing important targets and milestones.
Dr Nathan Ryder completed his PhD in Mathematics in 2008 (University of Liverpool) and has since worked freelance as a skills trainer and consultant. He has delivered training sessions to nearly 5000 postgraduate researchers and research staff. Nathan’s main interests are in creativity, collaboration, productivity and helping postgraduate researchers prepare for the viva. In 2012 he created the <A HREF="http://viva-survivors.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Viva Survivors podcast </A>which features interviews with PhD graduates talking about their research and their viva
This event is for Postgraduate Researchers at the University of Liverpool.
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Sherrington Seminar Room 1

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