Steve Miles' PowerPoint on 'Welcome to PAHC'.

1. WELCOME TO THE POSTGRADUATE ARTS
AND HUMANITIES CENTRE…!
PROFESSOR STEVE MILES
HEAD OF PAHC

2. I DID A PHD ONCE

3. DOING RESEARCH THAT MAKES AN IMPACT?

4. KEY QUESTIONS NEW PHD STUDENTS OFTEN ASK
• How often do I meet my supervisors?
• What happens in supervision?
• Do I need to do research training?
• Help me. Am I good enough?!?!??!?

5. FIVE KEY TIPS TO MAKE YOUR PHD A FABULOUS
SUCCESS!
• Manage your supervisors;
• Agree deadlines;
• Remember that writing a PhD is an unique privilege – you determine what you
are examined on…!
• See the bigger picture beyond your thesis: this is a professional training;
• Initiate a discussion with your supervisors on publication…
• Most of all practice, practice, practice writing…!

6. WHAT PAHC IS ALL ABOUT
• Beyond the isolated PhD: a professional training;
• PAHC as a community of practice;
• Complements your relationship with your supervisors;
• With a mission to put postgraduate research at the heart of the
faculty’s research culture where it belongs.

7. PROCESSES
• RD1 – Application to Register – 3 months in (f-t) 6 months in (p-t)
• RD2 - Application to Progress – 12 months in (f-t) 24 months in (p-t)

8. THE RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAMME
• Core series
• Provocative Theory
• Methods and methodologies
• Practice Research group
• Writing groups
• The digital researcher
• Conferences
• Student initiatives

9. HARTS.ONLINE
• The first port of call to find out what’s going on and where…

10. FACULTY RESEARCH CENTRES
• Research Centre for Applied Social Sciences (RCASS)
• Manchester School of Art Research Centre
• Centre for Creative Writing, English Literature and Linguistics (CELL)
• History Research Centre
• Plus RAH!

11. WHERE YOU AND PAHC GO FROM HERE
• PAHC’s success depends on you!
• Make the most of the research culture available to you;
• Look out for potential funding opportunities;
• Think of the PhD with your project at it’s core and all kinds of exciting possibilities
around its edges!
• A professional training not just a qualification!