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Making sense of your research

Making sense of your research

by emgregory2020 | 14 Dec 2020 | Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Students

In this post, Dr Andrew Foster offers guidance to PhD research students about how to make sense of their research during the PhD process. His guidance offers to encourage students through the highs and lows of research, and poses a series of questions to support...
Transitions from Taught Degrees to Research Courses and Careers Advice for History Graduates

Transitions from Taught Degrees to Research Courses and Careers Advice for History Graduates

by royalhistsoc | 27 Nov 2020 | Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: Careers, Teaching Portal: Transitions in HE

In this post, historian Dr Andrew Foster offers guidance about the transition for students undertaking taught undergraduate and Masters degrees to research courses, as well as his thoughts on future careers for history graduates. He turns the spotlight towards the...
The Anatomy of a Thesis

The Anatomy of a Thesis

by royalhistsoc | 27 Nov 2020 | Teaching Portal: For Students, Teaching Portal: For Teachers

In this post, historian Dr Andrew Foster provides research students with a general guide about the main elements of writing up a PhD thesis. The advice Dr Foster gives is based on years of discussions with research students in seminars and workshops about the...

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