1. Research Student Induction
Gesine Reinert
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Statistics
University of Oxford
1 October 2018

2. A quick overview
The Department: about 30 Academics, 20 Postdocs, 10 Support Staff, 4 IT Staff, about 4 MSc by Research students, about 70 Postgraduate Research Students (PGR)
CDT PGR: first two terms taught, then projects, then doctoral project
MSc by Research and
PRS you should discuss with your supervisor which lecture courses, if any, to take
Meet with your supervisor once every 1-2 weeks
Keep a log of the meetings
At the end of term: short progress report
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3. Academic progression Supervisor, and secondary supervisor
Each term: report on electronic system
MSc by Research: report of pages and oral examination, two assessors, at the end of 1-2 years
PRS: Transfer of status: report of pages usually, two assessors, oral examination. Hand in after about one year of studies.
If transferred to MSc by Research status: see above.
If transferred to DPhil status:
Confirmation of Status
DPhil viva
First two years: poster presentation once a year
Third year: research talk
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4. Transferable skills
All EPSRC and departmentally funded research students should spend at least 10 days per year on average in ``transferable’’ skills training.
Some examples:
Academic English
Foundations for a successful DPhil
Building a Business
interdisciplinary courses
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5. Broadening training 100 hours over the course APTS in the first year
Divisional Graduate School
Graduate lectures in our department,
Statistics seminar, usually Friday afternoons
Meetings depending on research group (applied probability, genetics, bioinformatics, machine learning, computational statistics)
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6. APTS APTS: Academy for PhD Training in Statistics - UK wide
4 weeks, spread across the year. A week consists of two modules, each of which corresponds to about 20 hours of training.
All CDT students are expected to attend all 4 APTS modules.
Doctoral students not on the CDT: discuss with your supervisor for which APTS weeks you wish to apply to attend.
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7. Teaching Marking and working as teaching assistants is expected
Class teaching seminar:
Mathematical Institute, Andrew Wiles Building, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter on Tuesday week 0
(2 October) 14:00-16:30
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8. Support
Your supervisor administers a travel budget for you which should cover one national and one international conference for students on D.Phil. status
Your college usually helps with funding travel as well
Suggestions for book purchases can be made to the librarian (Hannah Harrison)
IT staff are here to help
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9. Communication Graduate liaison group
Graduate representative on departmental committee
Coffee mornings Tuesdays 10:45
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10. If something goes wrong
Suspension of status (disease, internship)
Academic Administrator (Joanna Stoneham / Jan Boylan / Margaret Sloper)
Geoff Nicholls: Deputy Director of Graduate Studies
Gesine Reinert: Director of Graduate Studies
Arnaud Doucet: CDT Director
Harassment advisor: Neil Laws
Your College graduate advisor
Student counselling service
Oxford University Student Union
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11. What next?
Wednesday 10 October from 15-16:30: Information skills training session at the RSL
Thursday 11 October: 15:30 graduate lecture
Friday 12 October: 16:30-19:00 Welcome reception
Non-CDT PRS: Wednesday 17 October from 13:00 sandwich lunch
See the Induction Programme
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12. Navigating the next few years
The research supervision website - may help you: tools and strategies for getting started, clarifying expectations, etc
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13. Keep your sense of humour!
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