| Activity |
First Year |
Second Year |
Third Year |
| Initial plan of research |
< 3 months |
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| Associate supervision agreed |
Before start |
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| Literature report |
< 3 months |
|
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| Initial report on experiment/task |
3-5 months |
|
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| Apply for grants |
 |
|
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| Short talk to group |
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| Research plan and thesis outline |
6 months |
|
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| Audit of equipment and travel needs |
6 months |
|
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| Safety / other courses |
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|
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| Rehearse departmental seminar |
< 9 months |
|
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| Project proposal seminar to department |
9 months |
|
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| Meeting with all supervisors |
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| First year interview |
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|
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| Annual progress report |
6 months |
18 months |
30 months |
| Lead a discussion with research group |
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| Report on experiments or draft chapter |
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|
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| Second year interview |
|
18 months |
|
| Conference talk |
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| Draft manuscript for publication |
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| Final thesis plan with timetable for chapter completion |
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| Second departmental seminar |
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| Complete thesis chapters |
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| Third year interview |
|
|
30 months |
| Celebrate |
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