Professional Development
Thursdays 12-13, Room G19, Politics Building

The professional development seminars are in place to offer helpful advice to postgraduate students across a range of issues. From setting up a research radar, to getting funding for your PhD, to publishing your work and getting a job in the academy, there are many things that you might want to know more about, but are not sure where to start. The professional development seminar series is designed with that problem in mind.

The timetable is shown below.

Semester One

10 October

Surviving the thesis: tips for getting through the critical stages of your progression.
Professor Anthony Zito


31 October
(2pm until 3pm)
Setting up research radar: How to stay on top of developments in your topic.
Dr. Kyle Grayson


14 November

Getting out there: engaging the research community and being engaged by it.
Dr. Valentina Feklyunina


28 November

What is an argument? How do I make one?
Emeritus Professor Peter Jones


05 December

Handling elites: interview techniques and other issues.
Dr. Una McGahern and Professor Anthony Zito  

Semester Two

30 January 
Meet the editors: getting advice about publishing from the journal editors in Politics.
Dr Alistair Clark, Dr Martin Coward, Dr Kyle Grayson and Professor Anthony Zito.



27 February
Academic jobs: applying and interviewing
Dr Nick Randall, Dr Jesse Ovadia and Dr Andrew Walton


6 March
The ever increasing importance of the impact agenda for all researchers
Dr Jocelyn Mawdsley and Dr Ian O'Flynn




13 March
What is a theory? Why do I need one?
Dr Alistair Clark and Dr Martin Coward