Research and Innovation
The seasons of an HDR candidature
| Presenter | Professor Helen Verran | |
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| Location | ONLINE | |
| Open to | HDR candidates | |
This month's Espresso Yourself student meeting discusses "The seasons of an RHD candidature" - the 2nd year is when students can experience their topic shifting from what they prepared for in their confirmation paper. How do you deal with this?
Prof Helen Verran suggest that there are probably four or five seasons in most RHD candidatures. The very beginning and very end seasons are distinguished ‘officially’. The first ends when you have delivered your confirmation talk and been confirmed as a candidate by a committee especially assembled for that purpose.
The final ‘season’ is the examination period—after you have submitted and your thesis is with the examiners. This period often becomes two separate periods. First part here is waiting--but it needs to be active waiting.Second is meeting the requirements for success as specified by one or more of the examiners, and convincing the college sub-committee that you have done so.
In between there can be two or more ‘seasons’ experienced by research students.
My focus will be the second year of candidature... when many students experience their topic as unexpectedly and sometimes alarmingly shifting from what they prepared for in their confirmation paper. How do you deal with this? There are several aspects to consider. Methods might need to be rethought, and that might involve reconsidering the ethical aspects of your research. Sometimes supervisors can get left behind here, so students need to be assiduous in ensuring that everyone is more or less on the same page. This can be tricky, but a student researcher needs to remember that they are the expert.
Looking forward to another lively discussion - Helen
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