How to Get Your PhD

Gavin Brown is Professor of Machine Learning, and Director of Research for the Department of Computer Science, at the University of Manchester, UK. He obtained his PhD in 2004 from the University of Birmingham, winning the British Computer Society Distinguished Dissertation Award, given annually for the most outstanding UK thesis in Computer Science. In 2005 he joined Manchester, and since then has built a team working on Machine Learning and Data Science, contributing both fundamental and applied research, funded by the UK and EU government as well as industry sponsors

1: What is a PhD?
2: Things you need to know
3: Things that will happen
4: How to Find your New Idea
5: How to work with a Supervisor
6: Work on Yourself
7: How to Read
8: How to Write
9: How to give Presentations
10: What happens in a Viva?
11: Your Post-PhD Life
12: Skills you will have gained
i: Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell DBE FRS: Choosing a Career in Science
ii: Professor Victoria Burns: Becoming a Reflective Professional
iii: Professor Steve Furber CBE FRS FREng: Doing your PhD as part of a team
iv: Dr Lucy Kissick: Saying yes to opportunity and no
v: Professor Hiranya Peiris: The Rewards of Risk in Research
vi: Professor Melanie Leng MBE: Top Writing Tips
vii: Professor Jeremy Wyatt: Mistakes your Supervisor will make
viii: Professor David Hand OBE FBA MMC: A PhD in Statistics & Data Science
ix: Dr Carolyn Virca: Building a Strong Support Network .
x: Dr Shakir Mohamed: Inventing Ourselves: Responsibility & Diversity in Research
xi: Dr Jonny Brooks-Bartlett: Public Engagement in Research
xii: Dr Jennifer Polk: Your career is up to you