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Welcome To the University
of Liverpool
And
The Faculty of Humanities
and Social Sciences
Undertaking a PhD at the University of Liverpool Professor David Dolowitz Faculty Director of Postgraduate Research Faculty PGR Induction 2020
Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
~800 Staff & ~350 Postgraduate
Researchers
1. School of the Arts
2. School of Histories, Languages
& Cultures
3. School of Law & Social Justice
4. The Management School
Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences: Structure
School of Histories, Languages & Cultures School of Law & Social Justice
(SLSJ)
(HLC)
• Sociology, Social Policy &
• Archaeology, Classics & Egyptology Criminology
• Modern Languages & Cultures • Law
• History
• Irish Studies
• Politics
School of the Arts (SoTA)
• Centre of Higher Education Studies
• Architecture
• Communication & Media
Management School (ULMS)
• English
• Organisation & Management • Music
• Economics, Finance & Accounting • Philosophy
• Marketing & Operations
4
Faculty Interdisciplinary Research Themes The Centre for Digital Humanities • AHRC Digital Panopticon • Centre for Architecture and Visual Arts Transforming Conflict Sustainable and Resilient Cities • Heseltine Institute Slavery and Unfree Labour • Centre for the Study of International Slavery The Centre for Humanities and Social Science of Health, Medicine and Technology (CHSSoHMT) Children and Childhood Heritage
Faculty Research
Centres
Centre for the Study of
International Slavery
Centre for Architecture & the Visual Arts India in the World
Centre for Health, Arts & Sciences
Charity Law & Policy Research Unit
Centre for Enterprise & Entrepreneurship
Heseltine Institute of Public Policy
& Practice Merseyside Agility Centre
Eighteenth-Century Worlds
Student Research Support:
Key Contacts
• Your Primary Supervisor
• Your Supervisory Team
• Your Departmental Director of Postgraduate Research
(DDPR)
• Your School Director of Postgraduate Research (SDPR)
• Your School’s PGR Administration Team
• The Faculty PGR Team
• The Faculty Director of Postgraduate Research
The Liverpool Doctoral College (LDC)
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/intranet/doctoral-college/
• Liverpool Doctoral College Handbook
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/student-
administration/research-students/pgr-handbook/
• The LDC Development Team:
• Delivers research training and development activities
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/pgr-development/
• The LDC Student Team:
• Manages student records and administration
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/student-
administration/research-students/
Wellbeing Related Contacts & Sources of
Information:
• Guild of Students
• Postgraduate Society
https://www.liverpoolguild.org/groups/postgrad-society-95c2
• Welfare and Advice Services
https://www.liverpoolguild.org/advice/pgr
• University Support and Advice Services, including
• PGR Wellbeing Ambassadors
• Student Counselling Services
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/studentsupport/counselling/
• Your PGR Cohort
• PGR Code of Practice
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/aqsd/academic-codes-of-
practice/pgr-code-of-practice/
Your Postgraduate Community • Local events & seminars • Website and email communications • Mentoring • Twitter: @livuniHSS_PGR • School and Department Twitter • Interdisciplinary research themes, networks & centres • Faculty PGR Bulletin
Typical Research Project Lifecycle
Start:
Research
Idea
Deposit Literature
Thesis Review
VIVA
Theoretical
Revisions if formulation of
Needed the research
Training and ‘problem’
Development
Submission/ Publications and other
VIVA dissemination activities Research
preparation Question/s
Finish Research Design
Write-up (methodology)
Answer the
Data
Research
Collection
Question/s
Data
AnalysisFirst Year: Key Milestones Designed To Help
You Progress Your Project
• Complete the Registration process
• Prepare for, arrange, and conduct Regular Meetings with your
Supervisor/Supervisory Team
• Conduct a Review of your progress after 3-Months of
registration:
• Preparation of a ‘project plan’ to be submitted to your
DDPR
• Completion and submission of the Development Needs
Analysis Form (DNA)
• Annual Progress Monitoring to confirm (or not) registration
for the PhD (June−July 2021)Annual Progress Monitoring
• The completion of the APR form (via Liverpool Life)
• A review of your work by an Independent Progress
Assessment Panel (IPAP)
• This panel is comprised of two members of academic
staff who are not in your supervisory team.
• IPAPs are organised by your Departmental Director of
Postgraduate Research
• As part of the IPAP PGRs generally:
• Give a 20-minute presentation on an aspect of their
work
• And submit an extended piece of writing for review by
the IPAPPGR Supervisory Meetings
• All full-time PGRs must conduct and record a minimum of 12
formal meetings with their supervisor each year.
• These should be recorded via the PGR Toolbox and signed
off by your supervisor throughout the year (on average 1
per/month)
• NOTE: PGRs are expected to meet with supervisors while
working remotely – The University currently supports this
via MS Teams and ZoomPGR Supervisory Meetings
• Before each formal meeting, PGRs need to set an agenda for
the meeting, including targets for your future research and
enter these into PGR Toolbox
• These need to be sent to your supervisors prior to the
meeting (and with enough time for them to review them
and consider their viability)
• At the formal meeting, you and your supervisor will review
and discuss the agenda and targets, amend as necessary and
each sign them off inside the VLE.
• NOTE: Part-time students are required to record a
minimum of 6-formal meetings (using the same format as
fulltime students)PGR Toolbox
PGR Record of Supervisory Meetings
PGR Portfolio of Activity • Designed to help you evidence that you have addressed needs identified in your DNA • The Portfolio is itself Aligned with the Researcher Development Framework set out by the University to help you recognise areas of strength and areas needing further development • Forms part of the Annual Progress Assessment • Can be used to help create a CV
What Should Go Into Your Portfolio of Activity
• The Portfolio should be used to Record your:
• On and off Campus training
• Your presentations in on-campus professional
events such as workshop and seminars
• Presentations at External workshops, seminars
and conferences
• The teaching activities you have undertaken –
these can be at the University or elsewhere.
• And the Portfolio can be used to record other
activities and achievements you feel appropriateNote On COVID-19 • Induction and LDC training provision will be provided remotely for at least the first semester. • The Faculty position is that All PGRs who can work from home should for the first semester (Updates to follow). • Your individual schools are making provision for PGRs who need to access labs, studios and practice spaces, and those who have indicated they are unable to work from home. • Queries about Return to Campus within your School should be addressed initially to your School Director of Postgraduate Research • For further information please follow Liverpool Doctoral College COVID-19 FAQ:
QUESTIONS?
PGR Development and Training Opportunities Hayley Meloy Faculty PGR Development Officer Faculty PGR Induction 2020
Development Needs Analysis • You will need to complete a Development Needs Analysis (DNA) within the first three months of your degree and the document should be reviewed and updated annually when you revise your development plan each year. • The DNA should be completed before your meeting with your supervisor where you agree the training and development schedule for the coming year. • Following the meeting, the completed DNA should be returned to your School. The completed DNA will be used in your annual Independent Progress Assessment Panel (IPAP).
Development Needs Analysis: Process
Reflect on training
needs on DNA
Form
Discuss at Annual Discuss with
Review IPAP supervisor
Identify sources of
relevant training
Record training in (with supervisor)
PGR Toolbox
Undertake trainingThe content of the DNA is based on the Vitae Researcher Development Framework designed by the UK Research Community.
Development Needs Analysis: Purpose Two key purposes: 1) For individual students to identify their personal training requirements and develop a bespoke training plan, with their supervisors, which will then also be discussed at the Annual Progress Review Independent Progress Assessment Panel. 2) To identify gaps in training provision. Departmental Directors of PGR read all the DNAs for PGRs within their Department, to analyse trends and identify gaps in provision. This data is discussed across the School and Faculty. Relevant training can then either be (a) more widely publicised, if already existing, or (b) newly developed to address the identified gaps.
Faculty PGR Training Catalogue As you identify your personal training need requirements, you can refer to the Faculty PGR Training Catalogue for training available: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-and-social- sciences/postgraduate-research/pgrtrainingcatalogue/ The catalogue lists online and in-person training which is available in the five key areas of the Development Needs Analysis form: • Communication & Writing • Research Methods • Ethics & Governance • Impact • Employability & Entrepreneurship
Video Introduction LDC Development
Programme 2020, Dr Shirley Cooper
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/pgr-development/offering/introduction/Departmental Training Statements Each Department has its own PGR Departmental Training Statement, which can be found here*: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/intranet/doctoral- college/development/catalogue/humanities-and-social-sciences/ *Currently being revised for 2020-21 provision
engage@liverpool engage@liverpool is a cross-faculty research and methods initiative at the University of Liverpool. • Series of Methodological Training Events • Short Course (5 Credit) Research Methods Modules • Biennial Digital Research Methods Festival • Check out the engage@liverpool website www.liverpool.ac.uk/engage • Follow us on twitter: @livuniengage • Sign up to the engage mailing list by sending "subscribe engagelist" to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK • Visit our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/engageatliverpool
Methods North West Methods North West is a cross-institutional initiative which brings together engage@liverpool, methods@manchester, methods@lancaster and links@keele • Publicises events taking place across the consortium • Funds methodological and thematic collaborative events • Runs the Methods X Programme, which consists of five interdisciplinary and cross-institutional methodological themes: • New Forms of Data / Digital Methods • Quantitative Methods • Ethnography • Archives, Collections and Documents of Life • Interview-based Qualitative Research
Doctoral Training Partnerships
North West Social Science Doctoral Training
Partnership
https://nwssdtp.ac.uk/
North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership
www.nwcdtp.ac.ukWhat are the Doctoral Training Partnerships?
• Provide PhD students with greater access to funding.
• Access to quality research training across the North West in
arts, humanities and social sciences.
• The North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership
(NWCDTP)
• offers PhD students access to funding and quality research
training across arts and humanities disciplines.
• The North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership
(NWSSDTP),
• offers PhD students access to funding and quality research
training across the social sciences.
• Combined the DTPs help fund the training opportunities
provided via engage@liverpool and Methods North WestFaculty PGR Bulletin and Twitter You will automatically receive a fortnightly Faculty PGR Bulletin, which details funding opportunities, events and news relevant to PGRs across the Faculty. PGRs are very welcome to submit items for inclusion in this bulletin, just send an email to hsspgr@liv.ac.uk You can also receive updates on Twitter by following @LivUniHSS_PGR
The Library
HSS PGR students
Welcome to your Library
Go to this SwayFunding for Training Events There is funding available for PGRs to organise their own training events, workshops and conferences. These schemes include: • Faculty PGR Development Fund https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-and-social- sciences/postgraduate-research/pgrdevfund/ • engage@liverpool Methodological Innovation and Development Award Scheme (MIDAS) https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/engage/funding- opportunities/methodological-innovation-development-awards/ • Methods North West Collaborative Innovation Grants http://www.methodsnorthwest.ac.uk/news/
ANY QUESTIONS?
Wellbeing and Pastoral Support Maizy Jenner PGR Wellbeing Project Manager Tricia Mackin Faculty PGR Development Coordinator Faculty PGR Induction 2020
HSS PGR Wellbeing Ambassadors
HSS PGR Wellbeing Page
HLC SoTA
Ambassador Ambassador
Jordan Poole Amy Naylor
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