1. The Graduate School Welcome to Induction for Research Post-Graduates
Huw Lewis
Dean, Graduate Studies
2nd Level of Foundation Building

2. UL Graduate School
Is your one stop shop for everything administrative to do with Your Postgraduate Research Experience at UL
From applications, admissions, monitoring your progress, training courses, thesis submission, examination … examination board
Located in 2nd Level of Foundation Building

3. Graduate School is responsible for …
Research & Taught Postgraduate Strategy,
Procedures, Regulations
Postgraduate Recruitment & Advertising
Postgraduate Admissions
Advice on Postgraduate Funding / Scholarships
Postgraduate Infrastructure / Desk space
Faculty & Student Induction & Training
Management of the Thesis Submission Process

4. What is Research? A dictionary definition is:
Investigation, a study to discover facts
In discovering the Facts the process must be:
Honest
Repeatable
Rigorous
Safe
Communicable

5. Through out the period of research you will be developing your career path
And hopefully at the end of the research you will be able to commercialise your findings

6. How do I Research? Research is built on existing knowledge:
Other peoples work
“Standing on the shoulders of Giants “ Isaac Newton
But it must be unique to you
Copy one it’s plagiarism, copy many it’s research
Correct Citation
and you must be able to Communicate the results of the work by publication and development of the thesis

7. It is the most important element of the research
In progressing your research you will have to initially develop the research question.
It is the most important element of the research
After all it only takes six weeks to research a PhD,
BUT
2 years to decide what your doing
And
2 years to write it up

8. What today is going to help you with is the services that the University has to aide you in successfully completing your research.

9. Research Methodologies
Statistical Consultancy Unit
Library
Ethics & Governance Committee
Communication
The Writing Centre

10. Staying Safe Career Paths Commercialisation Health & Safety Unit
Careers Service
Commercialisation
Technology Transfer Office

11. Regulations
Type of PhD
Academic Regulations
Yearly Progression

12. Your Research! The emphasise is on YOU! YOU all have primary degrees
YOU are now professional people
YOU have the responsibility of your research which is guided by your supervisor
University will support YOU as much as it can

13. Immediate Hurdle
Yearly progression board for all Research candidates Nov/Dec
A progression report will have to be submitted by the candidate and supervisor to a panel.

14. Strike a balance :Use what UL can offer
Finally
Strike a balance :Use what UL can offer
Use the facilities
Sports - Arena
Concert hall – UCH
Irish world music centre
Arts
Irish Chamber Orchestra
National self portrait gallery
Hunt museum (UL-Shannon)
Other art galleries

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