Welcome to PGR Tips!
PGR Tips is our monthly email, which offers tips and advice to help you throughout your doctorate (and beyond). Recent issues have covered tips on project management, tips from the Wilson review and email handling.
Previous issues of PGR Tips
PGR Tips on information handling, issue 65
27 April 2012
This month Vitae focuses on information handling, as interacting with information is at the very heart of your research, whatever the subject of your doctorate.
PGR tips on the Wilson Review, issue 64
22 March 2012
The review by Professor Sir Tim Wilson entitled ‘Review of Business-University Collaboration’, published last month, gives recommendations to universities and other stakeholders. This set of issue of PGR Tips extracts some useful tips for you.
PGR Tips on mentoring, issue 63
29 February 2012
PGR Tips on mentoring
PGR Tips on using Labour market information, issue 62
30 January 2012
PGR Tips on Vitae’s What do researchers do? Labour market information: a new online resource on the career destinations of doctoral graduates.
PGR Tips on covering letter, issue 61
21 December 2011
Advice on witing personal statements/covering letters
PGR Tips on developing leadership issue 60
28 November 2011
PGT Tips is a mothly bulletin with tips for postgraduate researchers
PGR Tips on postgraduate experience, issue 59
21 October 2011
Monthly bulletin for postgraduate researchers
PGR Tips on making the most of your doctorate in the recession, issue 58
30 September 2011
Tips on making the most of your doctorate in the recession
PGR Tips on being assertive, issue 57
31 August 2011
Tips on being assertive
PGR Tips on writing grant applications, issue 56
26 July 2011
If you aspire to a career in academia the ability to generate funding (descriptor C3.1 of the Researcher Development Framework) is a real necessity. Outside academia this ability is also highly prized.