https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70 A persona is a detailed description of someone who represents your target audience. This persona is fictional but based on deep research of your existing or desired audience. en-us 2022-04-07 15:55:57 UTC 2022-04-29 14:17:55 UTC hello@padlet.com corinnabooth https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2134873535 May still be studying
May be in work]]> 2022-04-07 15:55:57 UTC https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2134873535 corinnabooth https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2134873544 You are working on a particular topic, so you would be looking for where other people are working in a similar area at similar institutions]]> 2022-04-07 15:55:57 UTC https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2134873544 corinnabooth https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2134873545 Ensuring that information is easy to find so PhD students can find who is working on what]]> 2022-04-07 15:55:57 UTC https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2134873545 corinnabooth https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2134873564 This is the priority over LinkedIn]]> 2022-04-07 15:55:57 UTC https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2134873564 corinnabooth https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2134882778 Number 1 challenge]]> 2022-04-07 16:01:16 UTC https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2134882778 corinnabooth https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2150094934 2022-04-20 10:11:38 UTC https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2150094934 corinnabooth https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2150096916 2022-04-20 10:13:57 UTC https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2150096916 corinnabooth https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2150098295 Outside of school/university funding
(see Exeter page on this)
Charities in your subject area funding (there is a platform)]]> 2022-04-20 10:15:26 UTC https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2150098295 corinnabooth https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2150099687 2022-04-20 10:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2150099687 corinnabooth https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2150101445 Application process is very unclear
Bright students could be turned away because they haven't been in touch with supervisor]]> 2022-04-20 10:19:09 UTC https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2150101445 corinnabooth https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2150102637 2022-04-20 10:20:35 UTC https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2150102637 corinnabooth https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2150104698 Whether to do a PhD. Decision period usually from March, quite a quick journey to then doing PhD in Oct]]> 2022-04-20 10:23:01 UTC https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2150104698 corinnabooth https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2150104861 2022-04-20 10:23:12 UTC https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2150104861 corinnabooth https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2150105204 Closer in age to them]]> 2022-04-20 10:23:37 UTC https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2150105204 corinnabooth https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2150106112 Being able to start at different times]]> 2022-04-20 10:24:42 UTC https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2150106112 corinnabooth https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2150108364 One main point of contact throughout the whole time
Flexibility in this - e.g. meeting lots or little. Giving options

]]> 2022-04-20 10:27:12 UTC https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2150108364 https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2156179331 Quite a few PhD students I know, started their PhD after working some years at in other jobs, and then realised the desire to go back to Uni to do a PhD.]]> 2022-04-25 08:51:15 UTC https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2156179331 https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2156182674 Many (I would even think *most* prospect PhD students) realise during their Master course that they would like to do a PhD - This often brings several time-related challenges, as most PhD's start in September, with application deadlines in spring.  

I was in a similar awkward situation, and had to gap 6 months with random jobs, before my PhD started 6 months after my masters ended.]]> 2022-04-25 08:53:52 UTC https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2156182674 https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2156185813 When looking through our academic staff's "expertise", it is often not really clear for external students what their actual research area is, because it often seems too focused.  For example, on my research profile, it would seem that I am mostly interested on Gambling - in truth, however, my main interest is social media marketing and gambling is just the application area.

]]> 2022-04-25 08:56:17 UTC https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2156185813 https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2156190833 For most our PhD students I understand that funding was key when deciding to apply for a PhD.  Apart from our many fully-funded scholarships, I think we could also do more in offering to help to find funding.  

For example, many countries (eg China, Germany) have funded opportunities, that would pay for PhD in the UK.

Also, in many other countries there is no tuition fee and PhD students are normally hired by the School.]]> 2022-04-25 09:00:16 UTC https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2156190833 https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2156193233 Teaching is a very important and also a lucrative experience for PhD students.  

Collaboration and community is very important, as it seems quite generally known that a PhD can be  isolating.]]> 2022-04-25 09:02:16 UTC https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2156193233 https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2156197774 I think much of their interest would be around the actual PhD live, rather than the Schools as such. 

It is quite hard for externals to get a feel on how a PhD with us could look like:

- How many PhD student are there currently?
- Are they international?
- How does a typical PhD office look like?
- How does everyday live of PhD students look like?
- Are they allowed to teach?
- Can they do data-collection abroad?

I think a video (e.g. with some of our PhD students) would be really cool to address some of these questions. ]]> 2022-04-25 09:06:18 UTC https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2156197774 https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2156199183 PhD's can be isolating - so offers and opportunities to build community.]]> 2022-04-25 09:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2156199183 https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2156200090 Showing that we offer excellent supervision.]]> 2022-04-25 09:08:36 UTC https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2156200090 https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2156200505 2022-04-25 09:08:57 UTC https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2156200505 https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2156201498 Showing that we engage with all sorts of organisations: NGOs, Councils, Governments, Consulting Companies, etc.]]> 2022-04-25 09:09:56 UTC https://padlet.com/corinnabooth/e4dfovqinipc6f70/wish/2156201498