MPhil / PhD training

See also: information on dissertations and research ethics and Drop in advice sessions for MA and PhD students

Courses and workshops

• Making a success of your doctorate: all-day event for new MPhil/PhD students
• Getting started on your PhD: generic skills workshop Stage 1
• Getting into your stride: generic skills workshop for PhD candidates, Stage 2
• Finishing your PhD: generic skills workshop for PhD candidates, Stage 3
• Graduate seminars for social science students
• Courses offered by the Bloomsbury Post-graduate Network

Birkbeck guides

• Advanced library skills
• Applying for a University Job
• Applying for Funding
• How to present an academic paper (Dr Dick Rayne)
• IPR and Research Ownership
• PhDs in the Labour Market
• Poster Presentations
• Producing a Thesis
• Producing a Thesis - Handout
• Publish or perish?
• Research Papers
• Surviving the Viva
• The student/supervisor relationship
• The Good Viva Video (restricted access)
• The Good Supervision Video (restricted access)
• The Good Presentation Video (restricted access)
• The Good Doctorate Video (restricted access)
• Time management
• Your training needs
• Research Methods Film (restricted access)

Online resources

• Vitae: researchers' portal
• Writing research theses or dissertations: University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
• Learner Associates complete step-by-step guide to PhD research from the formulating of an initial idea through to the presentation and defence of a thesis
• Open Thesis a free repository of theses, dissertations, and other academic documents with search, organization and collaboration tools.