This podcast by Les Back discusses tips and suggestions for students embarking on doctoral research. It collates tried and tested suggestions that have been offered to generations of PhD students and presented in the form of ten aphorisms.

A PhD viva is perhaps the most nerve racking event in the academic life of a student. This podcast by Les Back explores the nature of the viva and what students can do to prepare for it and also some tips on how to approach the intellectual exchanges that take place in the viva itself.

For research students PhD supervision offers a new and sometimes challenging structure for learning and teaching. This podcast explores the mysteries and challenges of doctoral supervision. Through focusing on how students characterise good supervisors and how supervisors identify good...