Professor Kate MarshFaculty Director of Postgraduate Research

Postgraduate Research Induction

The Faculty of Humanities and Social

Sciences

Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

School of the Arts

School of Histories, Languages & Cultures

School of Law & Social Justice

University of Liverpool Management School

800 staff and 350 postgraduate researchers

Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

School of the Arts (Arts)

• Architecture

• Communication & Media

• English

• Music

• Philosophy

School of Histories, Languages &

Cultures (HLC)

• Archaeology, Classics & Egyptology

• Modern Languages & Cultures

• History

• Irish Studies

• Politics

School of Law & Social Justice

(SLSJ)

• Sociology, Social Policy &

Criminology

• Law

University of Liverpool Management

School (ULMS)

• Organisation & Management

• Economics, Finance & Accounting

• Marketing & Operations

Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

Embarking on your PhD at the University of Liverpool

Key administrative contacts:i. Faculty Director of Postgraduate Research and the

PGR Development Team

ii. School Directors of Postgraduate Research (Level 2) and the School PGR Administration Teams

iii. Departmental leads for Postgraduate Research Students (Level 1)

Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

Other important contacts:

i. Liverpool Doctoral College

ii. PGR Development: responsible for delivering research training and development activities

iii. The PGR Student Team: manages student records and administration

iv. The Guild of Students

v. Support and Advice Serviceshttp://www.liv.ac.uk/student-administration/research/pgr-handbook/

Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

Your doctoral researchi. Essential to this is your relationship with your supervisory

teamii. University regulations require all full-time students to

record a minimum of 12 formal meetings with their supervisor each year. These should be recorded via the PGR Toolbox and signed off throughout the year, and on average 1 per month (part-time students are required to record a minimum of six formal meetings p.a.)

iii. The supervisory meetings record provides a system to help you manage your research with input from your supervisor 

iv. Before each formal meeting, you will need to set an agenda for the meeting and targets for your future research

v. At the meeting, you and your supervisor can then view and discuss the agenda and targets, amend the targets as necessary and sign them off

vi. Annual Progress Monitoring: applies to all PGR students and will start on or around 1 June 2016 and end on 1 September 2016. Designed to ensure that you are making progress as expected

Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

Your PhD is not confined to your research project alone — it is the opportunity to develop new skills and enhance existing ones as part of your continuous development as a research professional.

i. engage@liverpool

ii. LiNK scheme

Liverpool Doctoral College (LDC)• Introduced in September 2015

• The emphasis is on student choice: training is not compulsory but PGRs are encouraged to select what they need in order to ensure successful completion of their doctoral project and to enhance their development as a researcher at doctoral level and beyond

• The LDC provides an institutional framework allowing PGRs to select what they need

• https://www.liv.ac.uk/doctoral-college/

• A central tenet of the LDC is PGRs developing their own programme of training, development and activities (e.g. placements, public engagement events) through completion of the Development Needs Analysis Form (over the first three months of registration)

Doctoral Training Centres

www.nwcdtp.ac.uk

www.nwdtc.ac.uk

1st cohort in 2011 70 studentships per year

1st cohort in 2014 50 studentships per year