Doing a PhD is hard but so is getting into the 'right' job afterwards. As a supervisor what skills or activities do you push your students to do or consider?
As a current or ex PhD student is their anything you think was or is particularly valuable to do or learn during this time?
I think teaching experience is essential. Not only to get it on the CV, but learning to how convey complex information to a range of different people. Working in applied sport, this skill is essential and those who cannot do it, unfortunately stand out.
I agree Carl, some studentships focus on just getting the project done, while some have teaching support based activity (technical instructors/GTA etc) and some are heavily aimed at working in an applied setting and doing the PhD to fit with it.
The ideal would probably be something that offers all three; sufficient time to do the project, some teaching time (building up over the 3/4 years) and some time working with a relevant body/group/team applying the project to the real world.
I agree that getting experience teaching, learning how to do it well, and learning how to clearly explain your research to any group (including those interviewing you) is very important for many jobs as a Ph.D., especially in academia. Getting some training in grant writing may also be very useful in many areas of employment, especially for universities where obtaining support is necessary for advancement and tenure, but also in many small tech companies which need to obtain grants and funders.
Thank you all for information but I think skill should be focused to address the issue of connection between problem and solution
- Badges
- Science topic
- Similar topics
- Cognitive Science
- Thinking