Welcome to Day 2 of the Doctoral College Induction.
In the morning, a number of schools are running informal welcome events on Teams. In most cases, formal school inductions will be held outside of the Doctoral College induction week. Your school will be in touch with you with details.
In the afternoon, we have two key Doctoral College workshops, 2-4pm.
You’ll find join codes for today’s Teams groups below. Not sure how to use join codes? It’s easy. Just enter the join code via the field in the top right corner of your main Teams area. 
Day 2: Wednesday 14 October, 10.30-12.30 (times vary)
School sessions
Please note, the timings below are approximate and subject to change.
- BSMS (DDS Prof Pietro Ghezzi): School session arranged for 08 October.
- BBS (PGRC Steve Reeve): 11.30-12.30 Join code tbkp3km
- School of Applied Social Science (PGRC Dr Mark Erickson): 11.30-12.30 Join code zzzgkqn
- School of Architecture and Design: PGRC (Dr Tom Ainsworth) to welcome individual students on a different day
- School of Art (PGRC Prof Paul Sermon): 11.30-12.30 Join code duf1rut
- School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics (PGRCs Dr Paul Harris and Dr Sanaz Fallahkhair): 11.30-12.30 Join code 4uijae5
- School of Education: PGRC (Dr Jools Page) to welcome individual students on a different day
- School of Environment and Technology (PGRC Dr Niall Burnside): 10.30-11.30 Join code yt7971m
- School of Health Sciences (PGRC Dr Kay Aranda) : 11.30.12.30 Join code tnr2mue
- School of Humanities (PGRC Dr Liam O’Connell): formal school induction; 10.30-12.00. Join code qpmzyfc
- School of Media (PGRCs Dr Aristea Fotopoulous and Dr Aris Mousoutzanis): formal school induction; 11.30-12.30 Join code i6xqsp4
- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences (PGRC Dr Peter Cragg): 11.30-12.30 Join code frfndlp.
- School of Sport and Service Management (PGRC Dr Jeanne Dekerle): 11.30-12.30 Join code 5tujkjh
Day 2: Wednesday 14 October, 14.00-16.00
Day 2 Teams join code for both workshops: 9ibt1x1
Workshop: Creating your Research Profile on Pure
14.00-14.45
Dr Ioannis S. Pantelidis
Dr Michael Wilson
How can you raise your research profile? All doctoral students are strongly encouraged to create a research profile on Pure, our university-wide repository of research and our research website. In this practical session, you’ll find out more about Pure and learn how to start building your own profile. We’ll talk you through the technical elements and offer advice on crafting a strong profile that will effectively communicate your research to a non-specialist audience. Fully enrolled students will have the opportunity to take advantage of live support and begin building their profile during the session. Please have ready a profile photograph (the recommended size is 244x320px) and a draft paragraph describing your research interests. (This interactive session will not be recorded.)
Book your workshop place on PhD Manager so we can mark your workshop attendance. (New students will be given access to PhD Manager during the first couple of weeks of October.)
Workshop: Research Plan Guidance
15.00-16.00
Dr Mark Erickson
Your first doctoral milestone is one of the most important: submitting your research plan. This document will be the foundation of much of the rest of your studies, and designing and structuring a good research plan is an essential research skill. Your research plan must be submitted within the first 4 weeks of study, for full time students, and 3 months for part time students (see Code of Practice, section 6).
Today’s Research Plan workshop will help you to:
- write research questions and hypotheses
- show how your research connects to appropriate literature
- articulate aims and objectives
- consider suitable research methods and methodologies
- structure your research plan into a suitable format
See also: Doctoral Milestones: the Research Plan
Book your workshop place on PhD Manager so we can mark your workshop attendance. (New students will be given access to PhD Manager during the first couple of weeks of October.)
The session will run for approx 45 mins with 15 minutes for questions and will be recorded.
Afternoon closes around 4pm
Thank you for your participation today! Tomorrow we have a day of short talks giving you the opportunity to find out more about a range of university services, including libraries and wellbeing support, and to hear from some of our wonderful doctoral students, both current and former. See Day 3 for details.
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