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What I Wish I’d Known in my First Year

What I Wish I’d Known in my First Year. Don’t do it!. - Run away!. The Importance of Peer Networks. “I wouldn’t have survived my first year without having people to talk to about my concerns and insecurities. I would have dropped out”. Support.

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What I Wish I’d Known in my First Year

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  1. What I Wish I’d Known in my First Year

  2. Don’t do it! - Run away!

  3. The Importance of Peer Networks “I wouldn’t have survived my first year without having people to talk to about my concerns and insecurities. I would have dropped out”.

  4. Support • Beg, borrow and steal friends, establish a network • Talk through your problems and concerns with your peers • Take the time to hang out with people, even if you feel fine and on top of things, you’d be surprised • Utilise the support available at Sussex • Even the courses that you think you already know about e.g. creative writing • The skills that you think have accumulated in your previous studies reach a whole new level with the PhD

  5. Imposter Syndrome

  6. You Can Do It!

  7. How long does it take? - officially 3-4 years full time - this is a marathon not a race

  8. Easy to get distracted

  9. Time Management • Unstructured learning is difficult • Particularly when the more work you do the little you know! • Set yourself realistic goals • Time yourself reading a variety of academic articles so that you have a rough idea of what you can get through in one day and be prepared to modify it • Set yourself small tasks to do tomorrow just before you finish work for the day • Have long term goals as well as short term goals so that have an idea of the bigger picture • Do not beat yourself up if you don’t meet your goal every so often – if you’re regularly missing your target

  10. Your Research • It’s yours and no one else’s • Take control of it • It’s yours, be possessive and be wary of other commitments (like teaching) • You are never going to be able to do all the work that you think you have to do • It’s ok to laze in bed occasionally – you are merely taking an alternative perspective on your research • Carry a notebook around with you every where – you get inspiration from the oddest places

  11. Know where the best coffee is!

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