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Portfolio exercise
After reading Section 2 you could conduct the following exercises as part of your evidence of achievement. You may like to discuss this activity with your supervisor.
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Write a reflective account of some of the skills you identify as important at PhD work and how proficient you feel you are at each – i.e., begin a skills audit; use this to identify training needs.
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Draw up research plans for the following:
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(a) an overview of three years of study;
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(b) a detailed plan for a particular period of approximately three months.
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Describe an example of a research-related meeting: preparation, agenda, and summary. This could be a supervisory meeting, one with industrial partners or a group meeting.