Andrew McRae is Professor of Renaissance Studies in the Department of English; and Dean of Postgraduate Research and the Exeter Doctoral College.
One hundred years of solitude ….?
Those students beginning their journeys towards a PhD this year are doing so precisely one hundred years after the first students enrolled for this degree (or, specifically, the ‘DPhil’) at the University of Oxford.…
An 80,000 word thesis would take 9 hours to present
Their time limit…3 minutes
Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a National competition for postgraduate research students, run by research organisation Vitae. 3MT® challenges doctoral candidates to present a compelling spoken presentation on their research topic and its significance in just three minutes.…
My review of ‘Life after the PhD’ conference at Cumberland Lodge 2017 by Betsy Lewis Holmes
I had little idea what to expect of this conference. I was concerned that it would not be relevant for me, would be a low standard and not suitable for PhD students, mature students or those with previous work experience (I fit in all these categories).…