This document provides information for PhD students at BHU, including essential skills for PhD students, tips for pursuing studies, and suggested topics for practicing spoken English. It discusses key skills like time management, data analysis, communication, and perseverance. It also addresses pursuing knowledge, managing expectations, and maintaining health and well-being during PhD studies. Sample questions are provided to guide English language practice in areas such as age, water, patience, dreams, books, the countryside, and sharing.
3. What kinds of skills should we have as Ph.D. students?
Here are examples of Ph.D. skill sets and
ways to describe them.
•Analysis & Problem-Solving.
•Interpersonal & Leadership Skills.
•Project Management & Organization.
•Research & Information Management.
•Self-Management & Work Habits.
•Written & Oral Communication.
7. Facts when you are attending your studies
• Do or Dies !!
•There are no shortcuts to any place worth
going.”
•“I think it's possible for ordinary people to
choose to be extraordinary.” ...
•“Genius is 10% inspiration, 90% perspiration.”
...
•Teachers can open the door, but you must
enter it yourself.”
•Everything is hard before it is
easy.
8. Things New Ph.D. Students Should Know
•You're going to get lonely. Loneliness and PhDs
go hand in hand. ...
•It'll be the hardest thing you've ever done. It's no
surprise that PhDs are hard. ...
•You'll need to reach out for support. ...
•You'll be surrounded by people much smarter
than you. ...
•You'll end up marrying your thesis.
9. Cont’d
•Every Ph.D. student learns critical thinking
skills whether they realize it or not.
•You are trained to approach problems systematically,
see the links between ideas, evaluate arguments, and
analyze information to come up with your own
conclusions. Any industry can benefit from someone
who knows “how to think”
•A successful PhD student is enthusiastic,
passionate, and has a deep interest in the subject
of research
10. 5 essential PhD skills every student
should have to succeed
As an aspiring Ph.D. student if you have ever
wondered whether you’d be able to complete your
Ph.D. successfully, rest assured you are not the
only one.
While every doctoral journey comes with its
unique set of challenges, there are some basic
skills required for PhD that you can imbibe to
navigate your way better.
So what skills should a PhD student have? This
short article will walk you through some of the
most essential skills needed for Ph.D. student
11. Essential skills required for PhD
1. Quest for knowledge
• The drive toward expanding and growing your existing knowledge
bank is one of the prerequisite Ph.D. skills to transform you into a
motivated candidate.
• Any successful doctoral journey begins with a willingness to embark
upon a continuous quest for knowledge and the ability to keep
learning as well as unlearning concepts on a regular basis.
• Learning to view ‘negative’ results as potential new data is not only
an important aspect of a PhD journey but is also a helpful skill
needed for Ph.D. students to keep going during tough times.
12. 2. Time management
While the drive to gain new information is useful to
design a hypothesis, one of the skills required for Ph.D.
is the ability to translate your hypothesis into a tangible
experiment in order to test its feasibility.
Some of the biggest challenges and stressors faced
during this entire process arise due to ineffective time
management.
This can also lead to unnecessary mental and
physical exhaustion.
Learning to maximize your productivity within the
stipulated time, is one of the most crucial skills needed
for Ph.D. students.
13. 3. Data analysis
One of the most important research skills for Ph.D. students is data
analysis, which is a key component of any doctoral journey as it
contributes significantly to a deeper understanding of the subject.
This includes the ability to view your data through an objective lens,
grasp patterns through the data, and form logical conclusions leading
to new hypotheses.
Today many online tools are available for analyzing big data;
however, human judgment and discretion are still key skills required
for PhD students and help to lend a contextual relevance to the
analysis.
Thus, data analysis is definitely counted among the most essential
research skills needed for PhD students to succeed
14. 4. Communication skills
• Developing good communication abilities is one of the important
skills needed for Ph.D. and is necessary not just to ensure your
research is conveyed properly, but also to improve your
professional relationships.
• Effective workplace communication is an important skill needed for
PhD students and will lead to smooth interactions with your peers
and seniors and can also help you to build long-lasting professional
connections.
• As a PhD student, remember you may be required to convey your
research not just through academic channels such as publications
and presentations, but also through informal interactions with
experts at conferences.
• This makes learning to communicate your research through
various modes one of the basic skills needed for PhD to ensure a
successful doctoral journey.
15. 5. Perseverance
Among the most undervalued research skills for PhD students
is perseverance.
That is because, the doctoral journey is bumpy, with a lot of
uncertainty and failures. There might be times when you
question your abilities and lose faith in the big picture.
The quintessential PhD skills of persevering through such
moments and regaining the motivation and drive to move
ahead take a lot of patience and practice.
Many doctoral students find this to be quite challenging, but
every student must find their own process of polishing these
skills needed for PhD. In fact, not only are persistence and
perseverance extremely crucial, they serve as transferrable
skills required for PhD life and even beyond.
23. 7 Ways to Quickly Improve Your English Language Skills
•Watch movies in English. ...
•Immerse yourself in English language news.
...
•Start a vocabulary book of useful words. ...
learn New Words Every Day
•Have conversations in English. ...
•Practice, practice, practice. ...
•Curiosity doesn't always kill the cat. ...
•Don't forget to have fun while you learn.
26. Spoken English Practice
Age
1. Are you happy to be the age you are now?
2. When you were a child, did you think a lot
3. Do people change as they grow older?
4. Do you think you have changed as you got
5. What will be different about your life in the
6. Is childhood the happiest time in a person's
27. Cont’d
Water
1. How often do you drink water?
2 . What kinds of water do you like to drink?
3 . Is water expensive in your country?
4 . Do you drink bottled water or water from water
5 . Do you feel you drink enough water?
5 . Did you drink a lot of water when you were younger?
7 . How many glasses of water should people drink
28. Cont’d
Patience
What do you think “patience” is?
Do you have patience?
Would you say you are a patient person?
Have you ever lost your patience?
When do you need patience the most?
What do you become impatient about?
What do you do when you get impatient?
29. Cont’d
DREAMS
Do you often have dreams?
Do you usually remember your dreams?
Do you think we can learn something
Do you share your dreams with other
Do you think dreams affect life?
30. Cont’d
Books
1. Do you like reading books?
2. What kind of books do you like
3. What sort of books did you
child?
4. Is it important to read? Why?
31. Cont’d
•Countryside
1. Do you like going to the
2. What do you like to do there?
3. Have you ever lived in the
4. Would you like to live in the
future?
32. Cont’d
Sharing
• Do you like sharing things with other
• What things do you like to share with
• Is there anything you would not share?
• Do you think it is important to share?
• Did your parents encourage you to share?
• What are the things your parents told you
anyone?
• Do you think that more people will share
