Mentoring for PhD Candidates

Being a PhD Candidate is both an exhilarating and intimidating stage, which goes with a series of new commitments, responsibilities and for some of you, professional adjustments, that can create a certain pressure. Some of you might find it hard to cope with the duality of being a well-grounded working professional and a PhD Candidate who needs to “fit in” dedicated research blocks into your agenda and moreover, prove yourself. Others, to make the transition from a student doing coursework to the lack of structure that comes with being a PhD Candidate. This is absolutely normal!

Being a PhD Candidate means going for the first time through the process of creating and performing a study on your own and having the opportunity to demonstrate you are ready to be an independent scholar. It also means having the chance to be unsuccessful or to fail, and know it is fine to get support. 

The Mentoring programme offered by A & I International Consulting aims to address these difficulties, throughout the entire PhD process. It is directed at providing you with the skills and resources you need to progress more confidently and independently through your PhD, to overcome its hurdles, to take the actions that move you forward, as well as with the direction and motivation you need to achieve your objectives, ultimately, your PhD degree, and more widely, becoming a scholar.