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Notes for Members
(The Blue Book)
Undergraduate transferable skills
Links for graduate students
St Edmund's College and Cambridge University postgraduate links
- St Edmund's College official graduate studies prospectus
- St Edmund's College entry in the GU Alternative Prospectus
- St Edmund's College awards and prizes
- The Graduate Union
- Cambridge University Student's Union
- Board of Graduate Studies main site
- Board of Graduate Studies: Information for graduate students
- Skills Portal for Graduate Students
- University of Cambridge: Graduate Studies Prospectus
Postgraduate finances
- Home/EU Graduate fees
- See the tutorial office and your tutor in College
- University of Cambridge: Financial Hardship Schemes
- The Gates Cambridge Scholarship
- St Edmund's College awards and prizes
- Applying for funds administered by the Board of graduate Studies (please see your tutor first)
Childcare
- Cambridge University Childcare
- Student Union Childcare website
- Cambridge Guide for Student parents
- Email the University childcare advisor
What is a post-graduate degree all about?
- What a PhD degree means
- What is required for each type of Cambridge University post-graduate degree?
General hints for a successful and pain-free graduate experience
- How to succeed in post-graduate study - Canberra University
- Guide to reading during your postgraduate degree
- Student time management
Choosing a supervisor and a research topic
- Student Supervisor relationships - some tips
- Choosing A PhD Topic - slide show from The University of Manchester
- How to choose a PhD topic - Canberra University
Presenting and publishing your work
- Publishing papers as a student - Canberra University
- Getting your paper into a high impact journal
- Overcoming a poor publication record
- The thrill of the paper and the agony of the reviews!
- Managing your first year report!
- How to give a great talk
- Advice on presentations
Starting to write your thesis
- How to Write a PhD Thesis - from The University of New South Wales
- Some general rules of thumb for thesis writing - from Purdue University
- How to Write a Thesis - from Columbia University
- How to Organize Your Thesis - from Carleton University
- Using Microsoft word to write a thesis
- Commercial proofreading service in Cambridge
Problems writing your thesis? Need help?
Careers when you have finished
- Guide to careers outside academia once you have finished your postgraduate degree
- Career Options in Humanities - Berkeley
- Career Options in Physical Sciences - Berkeley
- Career Options in Math & States - Berkeley
- Career Options in Life Sciences - Berkeley
- Next Wave - Science magazine's career development resource for scientists (an excellent web site for science students)
- Cambridge University Careers service