IMPORTANT NOTE: the registration system only shows the first date for this course (October 29) but all teaching sessions are detailed below (students have to attend all of these). More detailed information can be found on the Course description page. This course is only for MPhil/PhD students, and has to be taken sometime prior to Upgrade.

Dr Joe Mintz / Autumn: Teaching sessions face-to-face: October 29 + November 5, 18 / Teaching sessions online: November 6, 11 + December 1, 3.

Students will also be placed into one of five different breakout groups which will run for three weekly sessions within the dates of Monday 10 to Saturday 29 November.

NB: This course accrues 7 training points.

This course aims to help students to reflect on the distinctive nature of doctoral study and academic research in the context of the university. To do this we will engage with a range of different kinds of doctoral and academic writing, for example: finished theses, post-doctoral-research proposals, and upgrade submissions. We will also engage in activities to help you to think through the process of formulating and focussing a piece of research. The course is designed to support your engagement in the early stages of your doctoral studies, and it is expected that you will complete it prior to your upgrade.