Postgraduates
If you are moving onto postgraduate (PG) study, you may have already worked out what works for you and what doesn't in terms of location and your teaching and learning. Perhaps you are moving to a different university for a new course, or just a different academic department at the same place. Many of the questions will still be relevant but it's probably worth reflecting on what went well and what didn't during your experience as an undergraduate.
Due to the short nature of many PG taught courses, it's important to get any support requirements or teaching/learning adjustments in place immediately. If you are staying in the same university, it's worth touching base with the Student Services team to let them know, and so that you can review your support requirements.
Student Services can also give you advice about accessing Disabled Students' Allowance - this can be slightly more complicated for postgraduate study as there are multiple funding bodies. Specialist Mental Health Mentoring may help you with the transition to a different mode of study.
Your relationship with your supervisor can be extremely important - this might include the amount of contact and support you can access from them. Can you contact current PG students in your field who can give you frank advice about this?
The Wellbeing Thesis explores some of the issues faced by PG research students in more detail.
The Researcher Toolkit is a workshop and webinar programme designed to help PhD students lead a productive, positive and balanced PhD life.
