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CONTACT:londonhub@grad.ac.uk
ORGANIZER:UK GRAD London Hub
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DESCRIPTION:The London HUB is offering the following Good Practice Workshop
  from the UK GRAD Programme of Delivering Researcher Development designed f
 or practitioners and others who support the development of researchers. Pla
 ces are limited – Apply now by email to Kay Dorelli at londonhub@grad.ac.
 uk.\n\n_From Fieldwork to Completion Good Practice Workshop: helping studen
 ts to make the transition from the middle to the end stages of PhD work_\nA
  one-day workshop for all those who are involved in supporting PhD students
  in the post-upgrading and post-fieldwork period of their work.\n\nMany PhD
  research students find that they experience great difficulties in imposing
  a manageable framework onto the research project cycle. HEIs often respond
  to this by formulating regulations which specify clear milestones within t
 he cycle so that research students can work out a critical path that they n
 eed to follow. Examples of these can include:\n1. Preparing an initial rese
 arch proposal\n2. Upgrading: submitting draft chapters & viva\n3. Planning/
 preparing for fieldwork\n4. Fieldwork data collection\n5. Returning from fi
 eldwork/re-assessing the project\n6. Writing up & submitting final chapters
 \n7. Final viva\n8. Dissemination events\n\nFor many HEIs\, and supervisors
  and trainers\, the biggest challenges to effective supervision are offered
  by the mid stages (3\,4 and 5). The result is that many students find it h
 ard to integrate the fieldwork cycle into the overall cycle and can experie
 nce a range of problems connected with this period of their research includ
 ing:\n• Failing to plan for funding & other forms of support during the m
 onths spent doing fieldwork\n• Lack of continuity between the initial ‘
 upgrading year’ & fieldwork\n• Isolation & disconnection from the HEI d
 uring fieldwork\n• Failure to continue writing during the fieldwork perio
 d\n• Losing sight of original aims and intended project plan as a result 
 of the data collection exercise\n• Collection of unmanageable amounts of 
 data\n• De-motivation after the excitement of the data collection period\
 n• The return to the UK and the effects of ‘reverse culture shock’.\n
 • The return to writing & the problem of connecting earlier and later cha
 pters within the final PhD thesis.\n• Achieving an acceptable work-life b
 alance during the final stages\n\nWe invite you to join in the discussion o
 f these issues so that we may be able to (a) clarify the major problem area
 s associated with this phase of PhD work and (b) discuss some possible prac
 tical solutions. You will be able to register for this workshop on line at 
 www.grad.ac.uk/londonhub or if you prefer to do this via e mail contact lon
 donhub@grad.ac.uk for a Word version of the registration form. Please note 
 there is no charge for attendance.
SUMMARY:Good Practice Workshop: From Fieldwork to Completion
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