1. What is it like to be a first year PhD student?
Is it more than just reading?

2. Let me introduce myself
My name is Evelyn Lanka
I am a social science researcher
I am currently conducting research on leadership and identity in the management school at the University of Sheffield.

3. My First Year
I have just started the second year of my PhD, and looking back I can say that my first year has been…
Amazing
Challenging (in a good way)
Busy

4. Source: https://socializingsciencevu.com/tag/phd-conferences/

5. Learning New Skills or Refreshing Old Ones
In my first year I attended modules which covered… Qualitative research methods Quantitative data analysis Ethics and Social theory

6. Meeting New People and Making Contacts

7. Attending Conferences and Presenting my Research
British Academy of Management conference.
Institute of Work Psychology international conference.
ESRC funded event on leadership at the university of Kent.

8. Attending Conferences and Presenting my Research

9. Have Fun

10. Come have a look at my poster!
If you see me around today feel free to ask me questions about what it is like to be a first year PhD student.
Thank you for your time and I wish all new PhD students a great first year, and wish everyone good luck on their PhD endeavors.

11. Source: Phd comics.com