Professor Kate Marsh Faculty 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 Services

Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences Your doctoral research i.Essential to this is your relationship with your supervisory team ii.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 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. 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 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)

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