Making the Most of Your PHD - Tip 13

Be as interdisciplinary as possible.

 

• Broaden your horizons
• Engage with public
• Venture outside subject area by attending seminars put on by other schools/faculties
• New research angles
• Alternative perspectives
• New contacts or future collaborators
• New or future research directions
• Extended reach and impact of research
• You never know where your research will have greatest impact
• Supervisors from two different faculties a bonus - but expect conflicting advice and diverse approaches
• Gap in knowledge – can you take a relevant module?