DPhil Induction - 2024

The induction schedule for new DPhil Students in the Department for Continuing Education can be found below. Sessions will be conducted in-person in Rewley House, Oxford, and simultaneously streamed via MS Teams. Sessions will also be recorded for those unable to attend in-person or ‘live’ online. (Note: this programme may be updated at intervals ahead of the induction itself.)

 

Day 1 – WEDNESAY 9TH OCTOBER 2024: LECTURE THEATRE

 

08:45     Tea and coffee in common room                                                                                                                  Welcome and register (Reception, Rewley House)                                                                                      Introductions in Common Room

 

09.15     Session 1: Welcome to the Department                                                                                                       Professor David Griffiths, Director of Graduate Studies - Research (DGS-R)

 

10.00     Session 2: Welcome to the Graduate School (Training and development)                                              Dr Alistair Beecher and Dr Sarah Frodsham, Directors of the Graduate School

 

11.00     Break – refreshments available in the Common Room

 

11.30     Session 3: Library, Lectrure Theatre & Continuing Education Library tour                                             Amy Wolstenholme, Senior Librarian Assistant

 

12.30   Building/facilities tour

 

13:00   Drinks in common rooom

 

13:30    Lunch

 

14.15     Session 4: Critical Thinking - Thinking like a researcher                                                                          Professor David Griffiths, DGS-R

 

15.45     Break – refreshments available in the Common Room

 

16.00 -   Session 5: The Student Perspective: hearing from your peers about the DPhil                      17.00      Neil Godfrey; Archaeology, Jean Beesley; English Local History & Brigitte Whitehead;          Architectural History        

 

18:00     Wine and nibbles in common room then dinner at 18:30 (Rewley House)                                              Welcome speech from Professor Matthew Weait, Director of the Department for                                    Continuing Education 

 

Day 2 – THURSDAY 10TH OCTOBER 2024: SADLER ROOM

 

08:45     Tea and coffee in common room

 

09.15     Session 1: Research Ethics                                                                                                                             Dr Sarah Frodsham, Chair of Ethics

 

10:00     Session 2: Rewley House IT Support Team

           

10:45     Break – refreshments available in the Common Room

 

11:15     Session 3: 'Meet Your Course Administrators'                                                                                            Heather, Sienna and Isabel, PGR Team

        

12:15     Lunch

 

13:15     Session 4: Introductions from DPhil Programme Directors – each programme will have                       a separate session

 

             DPhil Archaeology – Prof David Griffiths – ROOM 113

             DPhil in Architectural History – Dr David Lewis – ROOM 115

             DPhil in English Local History – Dr Jonathan Healey – GRADUATE SCHOOL ROOM

             DPhil in Evidence Based Health Care – Dr Anne-Marie Boylan – SADLER ROOM

             DPhil in Literature and Arts - Dr Carly Watson – ROOM 212

             DPhil Sustainable Urban Development – Dr Nigel Mehdi – ROOM 310

 

14:00     Wrap up & next steps                                                                                                                                    Professor David Griffiths, DGS-R

 

14:30     Tour of the Ashmolean Musuem 

 

16:30     Finish   

 

(Any questions, please email pgr@conted.ox.ac.uk )