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Some recommendations for PhD students • Based on a query made to my friends& colleagues who completed their PhDs during past 10 years (in Tampere, Helsinki or Oulu). Question: • With your experience of today, what would you recommend to a PhD student? Answers: Be dedicated to the work Have an open mind for different views of the research problem You should like what you're doing (choice of the research area is also important to your future) Keep on going and trust yourself Write your thesis in a group where some senior researchers are actively involved in you research. Make a plan. Then break the long term goals into smaller plans of 3-5 months. Make sure that at the end of each period of 3-5 months you are where you estimated you will be. Process "PhD work" in small steps, if you go forward only a small step everyday, eventually you will find yourself defending your work in dissertation.
Reviewers & Opponents • Choice belongs to the Supervisor but it is good to discuss your preferences with her/him • 3 different persons need to be involved in the process: minimum 2 Reviewers + 1 Opponent. If 2 Opponents, it is customary to choose one of the Reviewers also as Opponent. • At TUT, there is a strong recommendation that at least 1 Finnish person should be involved in the process (or, at least, someone who got the PhD degree in Finland) -> easier to explain the requirements • When chosing the Reviewers/Opponents, check beforehand the PhD requirements in their countries -> very different requirements might hinder a smooth process.
Page 1 and 2: ROAD TO DISSERTATION Elena Simona L
Page 3 and 4: Who am I? • Born and raised in Bu
Page 5 and 6: My GETA experience • GETA student
Page 7 and 8: PhD research stages: Research and p
Page 9 and 10: How many publications are needed fo
Page 11 and 12: What conferences to avoid? • The
Page 13 and 14: Make a plan • What to include in
Page 15 and 16: Writing process ‐ suggestions •
Page 17: Review process -things to consider
Page 21 and 22: Dissertation day -actual ‘defense
Page 23 and 24: After Dissertation • Thesis appro
Page 25 and 26: My experience as a woman researcher

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