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Postgraduate Study
The document outlines key considerations in making decisions about postgraduate study, including self-reflection on goals and effective decision-making strategies. It discusses various postgraduate options, funding sources, and the application process, highlighting the importance of a personal statement. The document provides resources and questions to help prospective students navigate their decisions and prepare for further education.
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Postgraduate Study
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- 2. Some key questionsabout your Decision-making How do I make decisions? How can I be more effective in making decisions?
- 3. Key Questions toask yourself • What do I want out of life? • What are the best options to get me there? • Will a Postgraduate course help me get towards where I want to be?
- 4. What questions doyou have about Postgraduate Study? • In pairs come up with 5 questions
- 5. The Villains ofDecision-Making • Narrow Framing – limiting the options we consider • Confirmation Bias – seeking out information that bolsters our beliefs • Short-term emotion • Overconfidence (having too much faith in our predictions)
- 6. To make betterdecisions…. • Widen your options • Reality Test your assumptions • Attain distance before deciding • Prepare to be wrong
- 7. Evaluating approaches to decision-making •Rational – use of pros/cons • Intuitive – use of gut feeling • Planned Happenstance – creating luck/opportunities • Family/Friends/Beliefs
- 8. Decision Making Stylesyou could use Rational approach Intuitive Planned happenstance Community Interaction/family
- 9. Postgraduate Study options Commontitles:- • -M.A., MSc, MBA (taught) • -M.Phil (research based). Route to progress to Phd. • -Postgraduate Diploma or certificates e.g. PGCE
- 10. Reasons to dopostgraduate study? • Interest in the subject • As a career move • Your tutor has recommended it • To improve your academic record • To keep on being a student • To put off making a career decision Which of these apply to you?
- 11. Do I needa first class degree? • A 2:1 is usually expected, however people with 2:2’s are regularly accepted onto postgraduate courses • A relevant degree is usually required but this can be interpreted very broadly
- 12. Which University? • Swansea? •UK? http://www.prospects.ac.uk/search_ courses.htm • Overseas? http://www.prospects.ac.uk/studying_a broad.htm
- 13. Funding Funding will notcome from anywhere automatically…. It could come from • Research Councils • Individual universities • Loans • Savings/earnings
- 14. Useful questions toask yourself • Why do you want to do Postgraduate study? • What do you want do after your Postgrad course? • How will you fund your course? • What’s the most appropriate course for you? • How can you find out more about courses that interest you?
- 15. How do Iapply? • No central application system • You need to apply individually to each University • No general opening/closing date • Popular courses/universities fill up soon after Christmas • Often need to write a Personal Statement
- 16. Possible structure foryour personal statement • Why do you want to do this course? • Why this subject? • Why this University? • Academic skills • Personal Skills • Strengths • Career Aims
- 17. Resources • http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/post gradmenu.htm • http://www.prospects.ac.uk/postgra duate_study.htm •https://myuni.swan.ac.uk/employabi lity
- 18. Further help • https://myuni.swan.ac.uk/employabi lity/postgraduate-study- introduction/ CareersAppointment:- • https://myuni.swan.ac.uk/employabi lity/appointments/