{"id":1923,"date":"2026-09-08T14:24:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T14:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/formation\/successfully-navigating-your-phd\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T12:34:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T12:34:40","slug":"successfully-navigating-your-phd","status":"publish","type":"formation","link":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/formation\/successfully-navigating-your-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Successfully navigating your PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The doctorate is a marathon, and pacing the first few kilometres well is key to success. For new PhD candidates, gaining a sound understanding of their environment and objectives, and of the roles and expectations of the various stakeholders, will facilitate integration. Establishing good communication and organisational practices will also allow them to approach the doctorate with equanimity, weather the difficult moments and prepare for the next stage of their career.   <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Programme<\/h2>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Settling in successfully<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Getting to know your environment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Becoming familiar with the roles and expectations of the various parties to the doctorate: the PhD candidate, the thesis director\/supervisor, the doctoral school, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Succeeding in your doctorate<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Managing your doctoral project<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adopting a professional attitude and becoming autonomous<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ommunicating with flexibility and assertiveness: good communication practice in the professional setting, how to frame a request \u2014 Practical exercise<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organising yourself<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Taking care of yourself<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Defining stress and its various manifestations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recognizing your needs: identifying them in order to respect them<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learning outcomes<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Understand your environment to ensure successful integration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Develop good organisational and communication practices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Know yourself better in order to take care of yourself<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pedagogical approach<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interactive workshop combining:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Information, methods and concepts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Practical exercises and role-play<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discussion and advice from the trainer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Assessment &amp; follow-up<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Practical exercises with immediate feedback, or a skills quiz<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Post-session satisfaction survey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The doctorate is a marathon, and pacing the first few kilometres well is key to success. For new PhD candidates, gaining a sound understanding of their environment and objectives, and of the roles and expectations of the various stakeholders, will facilitate integration. Establishing good communication and organisational practices will also allow them to approach the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1768,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"formation_theme":[27],"class_list":["post-1923","formation","type-formation","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","formation_theme-understanding-your-environment"],"acf":{"formation_public_cible":"First-year PhD candidates","formation_pre_requis":"No prerequisites","formation_duree":"Half a day to one day","formation_modalites":"On-site or online, 6 to 15 participants","formation_fiche":"","formation_video":"","formation_autres":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/formation\/1923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/formation"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/formation"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/formation\/1923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2873,"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/formation\/1923\/revisions\/2873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"formation_theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/formation_theme?post=1923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}