Personal reflections of a 1st year postgraduate student
Fitzsimons, Lorna and Corcoran, Brian
(2008)
Personal reflections of a 1st year postgraduate student.
In: ISEE-08 - International Symposium for Engineering Education, 8-10 September 2008, Dublin City University, Ireland.
ISBN 1872327737
Undertaking a postgraduate research degree can be a very exciting and daunting experience. The aim of this paper is to relate some of the experiences and reflections of a first year postgraduate engineering student. There have been other articles written on the PhD experience, however I believe that this paper offers insights into the industry based project experience, the benefits and drawbacks of multiple supervisors, and it offers the perspective of a student on an early point of the postgraduate learning curve.