Profile: Susan
Key facts
PhD discipline: English Literature
Area(s) of work: University administration (skills training and career development)
Year of graduation: 2008
Date of Interview: 14/05/2008
Year of graduation: 2008
Date of Interview: 14/05/2008
Timeline
What skills training is on offer in universities?The links between university research and wider...
Susan - background to the PhDSusan describes her educational background prior to embarking on the PhD.
Susan - career building during the PhDSusan summarises the activities she participated in, in order to strengthen her CV for an academic job.
Susan - did you anticipate an academic career?Susan considered an academic career incremental stages.
Susan - finishing up and moving onSusan describes balancing a job with completing her PhD; the obstacles she faced and her aspirations for an academic post. Susan articulates her sense of having an academic identity and talks about the academic skills training role she currently works in.
Susan - PhD experienceSusan recounts the experience of studying for a PhD, including the highs, lows and lessons learned from the process.
Susan - the meaning of the PhDSusan highlights the skills and confidence that studying for and completing a PhD have equipped her with.