{"id":50,"date":"2018-01-15T12:07:08","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T12:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/doctoral-welcome-team\/?p=50"},"modified":"2018-01-15T12:07:08","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T12:07:08","slug":"joining-us-in-january-read-hints-and-tips-on-arriving-mid-year-from-your-doctoral-welcome-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/doctoral-welcome-team\/2018\/01\/15\/joining-us-in-january-read-hints-and-tips-on-arriving-mid-year-from-your-doctoral-welcome-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Joining us in January? Read hints and tips on arriving mid-year from your Doctoral Welcome Team!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/doctoral-welcome-team\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2018\/01\/WelcomeTeam2017-300x217.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/doctoral-welcome-team\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2018\/01\/WelcomeTeam2017-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/doctoral-welcome-team\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2018\/01\/WelcomeTeam2017-298x215.png 298w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/doctoral-welcome-team\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2018\/01\/WelcomeTeam2017.png 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hi there!<\/p>\n<p>January joiners, we welcome you to the Bath doctoral community! As your Doctoral Welcome Team, we have put together a short <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/250615024?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=vimeo-cliptranscode-201504&amp;utm_campaign=29220\">video <\/a>and a <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/doctoral-welcome-team\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2018\/01\/poster.pdf\">poster<\/a>\u00a0with tons of information to help you settle into doctoral life as quickly as possible. Many of us arrived outside of a main cohort in October, so we understand that you may have particular questions when you start at different points in the academic year. We look forward to meeting you virtually or physically over the coming months around campus, online or at one of our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/guides\/welcome-events-for-new-doctoral-students\/\">Welcome Team events.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are on campus in the next few weeks, one of us will be in \u2018Cake in the Commons\u2019 on Friday mornings between 10.30 and 11.30 in 10W 5.01 on 19 January,\u00a026 January and 2 February 2018.\u00a0 In the meantime, if you have any burning questions, use one of the many links in the poster to find out more or <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/doctoral-welcome-team\/2017\/10\/16\/meet-your-team\/\">contact us<\/a>. You will also be contacted by your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/corporate-information\/doctoral-college-support-contacts\/\">Programme support contact<\/a>\u00a0in the Doctoral College and\/or your Doctoral Training Entity to make sure you have the administrative info to begin your research.<\/p>\n<p>Some key resources to also take a look at are the online\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/collections\/doctoral-induction\/\">arrival essentials<\/a> information and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/publications\/doctoral-college-handbook-for-research-students\/attachments.bho\/doctoral-college-handbook-2017-2018.pdf\">Doctoral College Handbook.<\/a>\u00a0As you weren't able to make our Doctoral College\u00a0Welcome Reception in October, we captured\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/uniofbath\/sets\/72157686134472902\">some pictures<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/237896713\">opening speeches<\/a>\u00a0for you. Watch the videos and get to know our Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research, our Students' Union Postgraduate Officer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesubath.com\/suofficers\/postgraduate\/\">Liam Emery<\/a>, and our Director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/departments\/student-services\/\">Student Services<\/a>, who has an important message about taking care of yourself and your colleagues and friends throughout your doctorate. We've also collated some online information from exhibitors at our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/announcements\/full-marks-for-doctoral-college-information-fair\/\">Information Fair<\/a> in November.<\/p>\n<p>Once you are a registered student, you will receive the regular email 'Doctoral Digest' from the Doctoral College, where they handily give you a summary of events, activities, training opportunities, sources of support and more. Happy reading!<\/p>\n<p>Your Doctoral Welcome Team \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there! January joiners, we welcome you to the Bath doctoral community! 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