08/10/2014 Welcome to our new Postgraduate Researchers Professor Barbara Simpson Associate Dean (Postgraduate Research) Strathclyde Business School SBS in context THE Leadership & Management Award 2014 UK Entrepreneurial University of the Year 2013/14 UK University of the Year 2012/13 1 of only 59 business schools in the world (out of 5000+), and one of only two Scottish business school with full international accreditation 1st in Scotland for research excellence - 7th equal in the UK (UK RAE 2008) 1st in Scotland, 4th in UK, 10th in Europe and 40th in the world (Economist Which MBA Oct 2013) 1 08/10/2014 Schedule for this Session 2.40 Overview of PGR Degrees in SBS 3.00 Celebrating the Diversity of Research in SBS Management Science, Human Resource Management, Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, Accounting & Finance, Strategy & Organisation, Marketing, Economics 3.45 In search of work/life balance Facilitated by current PGR students Who we are 7 departments 150 academic staff 235 PGR students Accounting & Finance Economics Human Resource Management Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship Management Science Marketing Strategy & Organisation 2014-15 intake 8 MRes/MPhil 2 DBA 20 PhD 2 08/10/2014 Researcher Training Modules • • • • • • • • • • • Research Philosophy (20) Research Methods (20) Intro to Quant Methods (10) Adv Quant Methods (10) Adv Qual Methods (20) Writing & Presenting Research (10) Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research (10) Research Colloquium (10) Researcher Development Elective (10) Special Topics I, II & III (20) Subject-specific modules Student Experience Uni Finance / RKES (studentships) PG Certificate 60 credits (required for all PGRs) PG Diploma 120 credits MRes 180 credits Getting more information Res Dev Programme Associate Dean (PGR) SBS MRes Administrator (Christine Mackie) Webpage & Handbooks Scottish Graduate School of Social Science www.socsciscotland.ac.uk Advanced Quant Methods Network (AQMeN) (further advanced training) Disciplinary professional networks, conferences, doctoral colloquia etc Dir. of PGR PGR Administrator Dept Progress reviews Part of research culture (eg seminars) 1. Establish expectations early 2. YOU initiate contact & production of substantive written work as often as possible 3. Keep detailed meeting minutes on Neptune Supervisors At least 2 3 08/10/2014 More information Researchers’ webpage www.sbs.strath.ac.uk/researchers Access to PGR Handbooks, methods library, research methodology classes, PGR news, events and forum Neptune Student Information System www.sbs.strath.ac.uk/neptune Records research training marks/feedback, progress reviews, minutes of meetings, milestone documents Key Milestones • Regular (at least monthly) supervision meetings • 6-monthly Progress Reviews (recorded on Neptune) – Interim Review – Annual Review • 1st Year Report/Review (progress from MPhil or exit route if PhD not for you!) OR Final submission of dissertation/thesis (for Master’s) • Complete at least PG Certificate in Research Methodology if PhD/DBA/MPhil (1st/2nd yr) 4 08/10/2014 Upcoming dates 27 October 10.30-13.00 Welcome & Lunch for New Students 27 - 31 October Research Methods 1 - 5 December Research Philosophy Registration: Neptune or Christine Mackie ([email protected]) Celebrating the Diversity of Research in SBS 5 08/10/2014 Professor Alec Morton Management Science Professor Dora Scholarios Human Resource Management 6 08/10/2014 Dr Niall MacKenzie Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship Dr Devraj Basu Accounting & Finance 7 08/10/2014 Dr Luciana D’Adderio Strategy & Organisation Professor Spiros Gounaris Marketing 8 08/10/2014 Professor Julia Darby Economics In search of Work/Life Balance 9 08/10/2014 Anastasia Charalampidou Economics ACHIEVING WORK-LIFE BALANCE • Feels like the first day at school! Feel lost? No worries, everybody does! • Multiple obligations: research, attendance of classes, teaching, conferences and more…. Managing your own time! • First time abroad? Additional concerns: language, cultural differences, adaptation to a whole new reality! 10 08/10/2014 TAKE YOUR TIME BE INVOLVED www.strath.ac.uk/music/ www.strathstudents.com/ GetInvolved/Clubs www.strath.ac.uk/chaplaincy www.strath.ac.uk/cll/volunteering Strathclyde Business School Keith Pyper Marketing 11 08/10/2014 Life Outside the the PhDPhD Life Outside - It’s a privileged position to be able to conduct research into an area you are interested and enjoy. I believe you get out what you put in, however… - You are your own boss in a sense – so don’t overload yourself unnecessarily. - A PhD is more a marathon than a sprint. - Get involved with events / sports / clubs / tours which interest you – Glasgow has something for everybody Glasgow Festivals * January/start Feb – Celtic Connections sign up for news & information updates http://www.celticconnections.com/Pages/Contact-Us.aspx * March – Glasgow Comedy Festival sign up for news & information updates http://www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com * April– Aye Write sign up for news & information updates http://www.ayewrite.com/festival-information/festival-information/keep-in-touch 12 08/10/2014 Glasgow Festivals * June– Glasgow Jazz Festival sign up for news & information updates http://www.jazzfest.co.uk * July – Merchant City Festival sign up for news & information updates http://www.merchantcityfestival.com/Pages/default.aspx * August – Glasgow International Piping Festival sign up for news & information updates http://www.pipinglive.co.uk What will you do? 13 08/10/2014 Importance of Work/Life Balance • Happiness • Health • Productivity • Friendship • Switching off • Stress relief Speed Dating Talk for 2 minutes: a) Your name and Department b) How you plan to support your non-PhD life Receive feedback for 1 minute Change seats and repeat the process 14 08/10/2014 15