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Research Plan Guidance
Research Plan Guidance recording (21.05 minutes)
Key content: Doctoral College regulations surrounding the research plan; research questions and hypotheses; a typical Research Plan structure.
Creating your Research Profile on Pure
Creating your Research Profile on Pure (32.58 mins)
Key content: About Pure; what to consider when creating your research profile; demo of editing a Pure profile
Literature Reviews
Literature Review recording (37.27 minutes)
Key content: Types of literature review; how to carry out a critical literature review; what examiners look for in a literature review
Research Diaries
Research Diaries recording (24.55 minutes)
Key content: Diaries as research tools – why and what they do; taking notes; advantages and disadvantages
Working with your Supervisor
Working with your Supervisor recording (1 hour, 40 minutes )
Key content: What is supervision?; how to manage supervision; how to make supervision work for you
An Introduction to Research Organisation at Brighton: Futures, COREs and REGs
Futures, COREs and REGs recording (57.41 minutes)
Key content: Prof Tara Dean introduces COREs and REGs; Prof Mark Devenney introduces Brighton Futures; Dr Olu Jenzen introduces the Centre for Transforming Sexuality and Gender; Prof Haris Mouratidis introduces the Centre for Secure, Intelligent and Usable Systems; PhD students Abby Barras and Mirika Flegg highlight some of the benefits to be gained from joining a CORE.
Demystifying the Viva
Demystifying the Viva recording (37.57 minutes)
Key content: what is a viva?; thesis parameters and expectations; steps towards the viva; what happens in the viva
Structuring your Thesis
Structuring your Thesis recording (47.08 minutes)
Key content: what is a thesis for?; the rhetoric of the thesis; an ideal typical structure?; examples from different disciplines; who is your audience?
