Is a PhD for me? Panel event on Friday 1 November 2024
Thinking about PhD study? Unsure what potential supervisors are looking for? What does the application process for a PhD look like?
The University of St Andrews Careers Centre and St Leonard’s College warmly invite current matriculated undergraduate and postgraduate (taught) students to this in-person ‘Is a PhD for me?’ panel event, which will seek to provide an overview of PhD study (whether at St Andrews or elsewhere), and aim to answer some of the most pressing questions regarding PhD study. There will be time set aside to take questions from the audience. A draft programme of the session is provided below.
Doors will be open from 1:45pm aiming to begin at 2pm.
Places for this in-person panel event may be limited, so book now to reserve your place!
Friday 1 November 2024, 2.00pm – 4.30pm
Location: Room 108 – Lumsden (Seminar Room 1), Old Burgh School, St Andrews
| Speaker | Topic(s) |
| Careers Centre | Introduction Session overview Careers Centre support for prospective PhD students |
| Dr Matteo Fumagalli School of International Relations | Scottish Graduate School of Social Science overview |
| Dr Elodie Laügt School of Modern Languages | Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities overview |
| Break | Refreshments |
| Professor Malcolm White School of Biology | PhDs in the Sciences What supervisors are looking for Application tips/applying to St Andrews |
| Dr Jacqueline Rose School of History | PhDs in the Arts/Humanities What supervisors are looking for Application tips/applying to St Andrews |
| Dr Kostas Zafeiris Executive Officer to St Leonard’s College | St Leonard’s College overview PG student experience at St Andrews Applying for funding at St Andrews |
| Q&A | Audience questions |
| Close | Session end |