'I wish I’d known this when I was a student': OSCE Academy’s Alumni learn how to pursue a Doctorate Degree

On 6 May the OSCE Academy (OSCE AiB) held the second workshop within the Alumni Generations Exchange series. This time, four OSCE AiB alumni who are in different stages of pursuing their PhDs talked about their experiences of how to ‘survive and thrive’ the PhD studentship. The event gathered more than 30 alumni and students from across the Central Asian region and other OSCE pS.

The Speakers touched upon the multitude of problems starting from the successful application tips to balancing the life/work/relationship, how to problematize the research proposal better and create an organic and genuine research question, how to establish a smooth rapport with the potential and current supervisor and how not to lose interest to the research topic. Individual presentations followed by a Q&A session, where alumni and students could ask their questions and share their impressions from the workshop.

The workshop is intended to further support recent alumni and current students in equipping them with practical and effective approaches to tackle the academic world in pursuing a PhD degree, and connect different OSCE AiB alumni cohorts by facilitating intergenerational dialogue and exchange.

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