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Series
  • 2020 Summer Series for Docs or Research Masters Pre Proposal or Starting
    Thursday, May 28, 2020 · 2:00 PM BST
    This is a ten-week series with a lot of work and office hours in-between sessions - aim at working hard so you can move ahead with lightning speed
  • 2019 - Make the Most of Your Summer - A Series to Get You Moving!
    Thursday, May 7, 2020 · 9:00 PM BST
    Summer is a hard time to get graduate work done for many students. This series is set up to help by offering a series of pre-recorded webinars with tips and tricks on hidden curriculum and the tools you need to use proficiently.
  • The job prep series: For those looking ahead or on a search
    Thursday, May 7, 2020 · 8:30 PM BST
    From the skills they are looking for, and how to build them, through to the CV or resume that opens the door for you this series has ideas, everyone, now or soon looking for new employment should consider.
  • Looking to Get Published? A series to help you
    Thursday, May 7, 2020 · 8:30 PM BST
    This is a series of pre-recorded webinars and course presentations that will guide you step by step through getting published.
  • Series for Masters students getting ahead of the game while sheltering at home
    Thursday, April 30, 2020 · 11:00 AM CEST
    This series includes: Models are the maps that get you through, Beginning with the end in mind for masters, How to increase your work-life-grad balance and decrease your anxiety
    Time, Habits, Focus, Drive, Grit, Tools & Making Your OWN Checklists,...
  • The 'How To' Series of pre-recorded webinars for all types of Graduate Students
    Tuesday, April 14, 2020 · 10:00 PM IST
    This Series includes:

    How to Summarize Information
    Recording Information for Your Research
    How to Read Information for Your Thesis
    How to Make Your Literature Match Your Methodology and Visa Versa (?)
    Writing so readers minds...
  • Crossing the choppy waters that come with dissertations or research masters work
    Friday, April 10, 2020 · 2:30 PM IST
    This series includes Ethical Issues When Developing a Thesis
    Biases in Your Research
    Writing a problem statement: What a problem?
    Committees, Defense, and Publishing! The End Games
    All About Literature 2: Writing it up so it f...
  • OMG, How do I do this? for dissertation or research masters
    Saturday, March 28, 2020 · 4:30 PM GMT
    Looking for a way to move forward, even during disruption?

    This series of 5 pre-recorded webinars is devoted to help you have a clear picture of what you are expected to do in your dissertation and how to fulfill such expectation.

    By watching ...
  • Academic Writing Series
    Thursday, March 19, 2020 · 3:30 PM GMT
    Looking for a way to move forward, even during disruption? This series on Academic Writing may be one solution. Included are 5 webinars chosen as a group to help you unpack the subtleties in academic writing.

    By watching these 5, you will be 5...
  • Critical Thinking and Argumentation Series
    Thursday, March 19, 2020 · 3:00 PM GMT
    Looking for a way to move forward, even during disruption? This series on Critical thinking and Argumentation may be one solution. Included are 5 webinars chosen as a group to help you unpack the subtleties in critical thinking and argumentation...
  • Phd Scholars: Writing the dissertation or thesis
    Monday, December 23, 2019 · 5:00 PM GMT
    In this series of six webinars students will first investigate argumentation and what golden thread(s) their finished work needs to weave in order to satisfy their committee/readers. For five sessions after that each will consider the five main a...
On-demand
  • Grantwriting and Fundraising How Tos
    Tuesday, March 28, 2023 · 5:00 PM BST
    Do you have a need to raise money from outside sources? This webinar will take you through how to write to funders guidelines, give you hints as to what they look for, and how to put your entry closer to the top of the pile. If you have written ...
  • Reading Literature to Find Topics, Revising Topics by Reading Literature - Tools and Ideas to Make this Constant Cycle Easier
    Tuesday, March 14, 2023 · 5:00 PM GMT
    Dr Alana will discuss the cycle of reading lit/finding topics to research/ expanding on those with lit and how tools can help the beginning researcher keep all the resources straight.
  • Addressing Bias or the Potential for Bias in Research
    Tuesday, February 21, 2023 · 5:00 PM GMT
    Dr. Alana James will discuss the types of bias that the researcher might not suspect, and those that most frequently tie up an IRB application. Dr. Alana will also answer student queries on the topic within the webinar.
  • Personal Help With Your Graduate Professional Development
    Tuesday, February 7, 2023 · 5:00 PM GMT
    Dr. Alana James will first overview the basic strategies contained in graduate professional development and then personally help pd.education users find the resources you need to advance quickly and easily this term.
  • Storytelling and Science for Qualitative and Quantitative Research
    Tuesday, November 22, 2022 · 5:00 PM GMT
    In this live webinar, Dr. Alana expands on the nuances of storytelling science. If your research will be qualitative in nature, teasing out underlying lived experience to illustrate or propose answers to questions derived about some aspect of lif...
  • Using MS Word Templates at the Beginning and Writing Abstracts at the End
    Tuesday, October 25, 2022 · 5:00 PM BST
    In this live webinar Dr. Alana, Founder & CEO of pd.education, addresses two issues that have been brought up by Deans of Graduate Studies. Learn what to do to ensure success at both the beginning of your research writing when you download a tem...
  • How to Use Lit to Build Your Research Design Faster
    Tuesday, October 18, 2022 · 5:00 PM BST
    In this live webinar, Dr. Alana discusses how to use literature to build your research design faster. It is likely that if you are in a research design phase you are also reading a lot of literature in your field. Are you comfortable that you kn...
  • Starting With the End in Mind for Doctoral Students
    Tuesday, September 27, 2022 · 5:00 PM BST
    Dr. Alana in this live webinar expands on keeping the end in mind for Doctoral students.

    Good work! You've engaged with your doctoral program. Whether you are on your way to a PhD, a professional degree, a specialty in one of the STEM fields, et...
  • Starting With the End in Mind for Masters
    Tuesday, September 20, 2022 · 5:00 PM BST
    In this live webinar, Dr. Alana will help you focus on what might be required at Masters' level. "Good work! You've started your Masters' coursework! Did you know however that many stall at the end, slowing their graduation because they are u...
  • Learn in 15 : Applied ~ Too Many Research Designs: Which is The One for My Study?
    Thursday, April 28, 2022 · 5:00 PM BST
    When selecting the design for your research study, you have a wide set of options. Do you know how to choose the most appropriate design? That will be the focus of this set of webinars.
  • Learn in 15 : In-Depth ~ Too Many Research Designs: Which is The One for My Study?
    Wednesday, April 27, 2022 · 5:00 PM BST
    When selecting the design for your research study, you have a wide set of options. Do you know how to choose the most appropriate design? That will be the focus of this set of webinars.
  • Learn in 15 : Intro ~ Too Many Research Designs: Which is The One for My Study?
    Monday, April 25, 2022 · 5:00 PM BST
    When selecting the design for your research study, you have a wide set of options. Do you know how to choose the most appropriate design? That will be the focus of this set of webinars.
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15 Minutes Series
  • Learn in 15 : Applied ~ Too Many Research Designs: Which is The One for My Study?
    Thursday, April 28, 2022 · 5:00 PM BST
    When selecting the design for your research study, you have a wide set of options. Do you know how to choose the most appropriate design? That will be the focus of this set of webinars.
  • Learn in 15 : In-Depth ~ Too Many Research Designs: Which is The One for My Study?
    Wednesday, April 27, 2022 · 5:00 PM BST
    When selecting the design for your research study, you have a wide set of options. Do you know how to choose the most appropriate design? That will be the focus of this set of webinars.
  • Learn in 15 : Intro ~ Too Many Research Designs: Which is The One for My Study?
    Monday, April 25, 2022 · 5:00 PM BST
    When selecting the design for your research study, you have a wide set of options. Do you know how to choose the most appropriate design? That will be the focus of this set of webinars.
  • Learn in 15 : Applied ~ Facing “Wicked” Problems Successfully
    Thursday, April 21, 2022 · 5:00 PM BST
    We live in a world full of uncertainty and that is the main common characteristic of its problems . Very few problems can be solved using traditional approaches because we don't know all the variables involved deeply anymore and there is not too m...
  • Learn in 15 : In-Depth ~ Facing “Wicked” Problems Successfully
    Wednesday, April 20, 2022 · 5:00 PM BST
    We live in a world full of uncertainty and that is the main common characteristic of its problems . Very few problems can be solved using traditional approaches because we don't know all the variables involved deeply anymore and there is not too m...
  • Learn in 15 : Intro ~ Facing “Wicked” Problems Successfully
    Monday, April 18, 2022 · 5:00 PM BST
    We live in a world full of uncertainty and that is the main common characteristic of its problems . Very few problems can be solved using traditional approaches because we don't know all the variables involved deeply anymore and there is not too m...
  • Learn in 15 : Applied ~ How to Handle the Tone & Stance of Your Academic Texts
    Thursday, April 14, 2022 · 5:00 PM BST
    Academic texts cannot be only a collection of other people's ideas. Your own voice must be present and explicit. That is reflected by the tone you use and the stance you have towards the message transmitted. This set of webinars will help you do t...
  • Learn in 15 : In-Depth ~ How to Handle the Tone & Stance of Your Academic Texts
    Wednesday, April 13, 2022 · 5:00 PM BST
    Academic texts cannot be only a collection of other people's ideas. Your own voice must be present and explicit. That is reflected by the tone you use and the stance you have towards the message transmitted. This set of webinars will help you do t...
  • Learn in 15 : Intro ~ How to Handle the Tone & Stance of Your Academic Texts
    Monday, April 11, 2022 · 5:00 PM BST
    Academic texts cannot be only a collection of other people's ideas. Your own voice must be present and explicit. That is reflected by the tone you use and the stance you have towards the message transmitted. This set of webinars will help you do t...
  • Learn in 15 : Applied ~ The Engagement Hurdle: Is It Too Difficult to Overcome?
    Thursday, April 7, 2022 · 5:00 PM BST
    When talking about engagement in graduate studies, we need to approach the topic from two basic points of view: as a student and as a teacher/ teaching assistant/ professional. Let's explore these views together.
  • Learn in 15 : In-Depth ~ The Engagement Hurdle: Is It Too Difficult to Overcome?
    Wednesday, April 6, 2022 · 5:00 PM BST
    When talking about engagement in graduate studies, we need to approach the topic from two basic points of view: as a student and as a teacher/ teaching assistant/ professional. Let's explore these views together.
  • Learn in 15 : Intro ~ The Engagement Hurdle: Is It Too Difficult to Overcome?
    Monday, April 4, 2022 · 5:00 PM BST
    When talking about engagement in graduate studies, we need to approach the topic from two basic points of view: as a student and as a teacher/ teaching assistant/ professional. Let's explore these views together.
Back by Popular Demand
  • Back by Popular Demand "Academic Writing 102: Refreshing all the things we forget"
    Wednesday, December 22, 2021 · 1:00 AM GMT
    This webinar reviews the literature from academic writing centers around the world and succinctly lays out your checklist for successful academic work. From design to reminders about content-specific challenges, all will be covered in brief here, ...
  • Back by Popular Demand "Positive Psychology Helping Attitude & Work Life Balance"
    Wednesday, December 15, 2021 · 1:00 AM GMT
    As adults we are always working on increasing our happiness, building successful work life balance, in fact THRIVING in life. This session takes us through a number of positive psychology tools from which we can decide what we want to do next.

    T...
  • Back by Popular Demand "Paraphrasing: How to do it"
    Wednesday, December 8, 2021 · 1:00 AM GMT
    Paraphrasing quotations is a key action not only to avoid boring texts full of direct quotations but also to show your understanding of them. You will have a clear picture of how to perform such an important task.

    This is part of a series where w...
  • Back by Popular Demand "How to go from personal writing to academic writing"
    Friday, December 3, 2021 · 1:00 AM GMT
    Being a graduate student, you certainly know how to write. However, are you sure that you know and apply the peculiarities of academic writing? This webinar enlightens your understanding of the differences between personal writing and academic one...
  • Back by Popular Demand "PhD Scholars.3 - Literature"
    Wednesday, December 1, 2021 · 1:00 AM GMT
    This webinar is a discussion of lit, what your reader needs from your discussion of literature. It will include a comparative study of options as published in different fields and tools available to help researchers decide what needs to be includ...
  • Back by Popular Demand "THE MEAL PLAN The #1 food for academic writing""
    Friday, November 26, 2021 · 1:00 AM GMT
    Academic writing is a matter of organization, coherence, consistency and argumentation. Isn’t it too complex? Yes, and no if you master the MEAL paragraph.

    This is part of a series where we replay some of our most popular webinars. If the time o...
  • Back by Popular Demand "Organizing Your Ideas for Writing"
    Wednesday, November 24, 2021 · 1:00 AM GMT
    Academic papers are expected to be coherent and consistent and achieving that goal is only possible if you first organize what you want to communicate. Therefore, the ability to organize your ideas is a requirement to be successful when writing ac...
  • Back by Popular Demand "Doing a literature review: How to approach it"
    Friday, November 19, 2021 · 1:00 AM GMT
    Literature review establishes the foundation of your study or academic paper. Since the input information can be overwhelming, you need to have a plan to do it. In this webinar, how to do that is discussed.

    This is part of a series where we repla...
  • Back by Popular Demand "Edit Before Hiring an Editor (& APA Shortcuts)"
    Wednesday, November 17, 2021 · 1:00 AM GMT
    This webinar offers a number of tips and 12 Tasks to help you methodically and quickly edit your paper before sending it to a professional editor. Why would you do that? Simply the more you do, the less you have to pay someone else! A methodical e...
  • Back by Popular Demand "The Grad School Support Office Hours Looks at Anxiety"
    Friday, November 12, 2021 · 1:00 AM GMT
    We'll discuss a challenge known to affect lots of students for 30 minutes, sharing tools we use that have proven helpful and answering questions.

    This is part of a series where we replay some of our most popular webinars. If the time of the webi...
  • Back by Popular Demand "Skills to Ace Grad School - Self-Regulation Skills"
    Wednesday, November 10, 2021 · 1:00 AM GMT
    "Do you ever feel like there is a hidden curriculum to graduate school or that others have the insider track and you are struggling to learn all the rules?"

    This is part of a series where we replay some of our most popular webinars. If the time ...
  • Tues Nights U.S. Time : The Nuts and Bolts of Presentations and Publications : Prerecorded
    Wednesday, October 27, 2021 · 1:00 AM BST
    This is part of a series where we replay some of our most popular webinars. If the time of the webinar does not suit, you can view the original recording at
    https://www.bigmarker.com/doctoralnet/The-nuts-and-bolts-of-presentations-and-publications...
Our mission is to work closely with universities to improve graduate/postgraduate retention and completion. We do that through providing personalized professional development portals/apps and tools. These webinars are one of those tools.
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