Prepare to lead and lead to prepare
- Prepare to lead your own research-enterprise from the start - take control
- Don’t depend too much on your supervisors
- Work towards cutting loose as an independent researcher
- Early simple ways include:
- preparing for supervisor meetings with progress outlines, plans, checklists of items for review, sign off, approval AND outstanding questions or advice required
- talking to presenters after seminars
- and reaching out to academic authors online
- Look for leadership opportunities during PhD to demonstrate independence and in later stages cut loose from supervisor
- propose, contribute, convene, host, run events and student led initiatives
- pitch a new mini project idea to win funding via UNICAS Sandpits
- bridging postdoc awards – eg EPSRC Doctoral Prize
- spin out your research idea or extend research reach and impact -your research may ultimately have greater impact outside your field
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