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INDIVIDUAL STUDY AND FUNDING PLAN WITH FOLLOW-UP FOR DOCTORAL EDUCATION AT UMEÅ UNIVERSITY

Section B) Follow-up for the year and revision for the year

(To be completed at the yearly evaluation)

Doctoral Student

Name / Date of birth
Department
Home telephone (incl. area code) / Work telephone (incl. area code) / Mobile telephone
E-mail

Principal Supervisor

Name
Department
Home telephone (incl. area code) / Work telephone (incl. area code) / Mobile telephone)
E-mail

Assistant Supervisor

Name
Department
Home telephone (incl. area code) / Work telephone (incl. area code) / Mobile telephone
E-mail

Assistant Supervisor

Name
Department
Home telephone (incl. area code) / Work telephone (incl. area code) / Mobile telephone
E-mail

Reference person (for PhD students admitted after 2014-01-01)

Name
Department
Home telephone (incl. area code) / Work telephone (incl. area code) / Mobile telephone
E-mail
Doctoral studies subject area
Doctoral school (if any)
Thesis subject/Preliminary title
Date of admission
Estimated date for defence of thesis

1) Work planned and learning outcomes set for the past year

If this document concerns the first year of doctoral studies proceed to point 8.

2) Results/learning outcomes achieved

Append published articles

3) Supervision (e.g. frequency, form etc.)

4) Has supervision been satisfactory for all parties?

Yes No
If no, specify planned measures for improving supervision.

5) Are studies continuing according to the time and finance plans?

Yes No
If no, explain why and specify planned measures. An appendix may be attached if necessary.

6) Has the study plan and/or the time and funding plan been revised?

Yes No
If yes, attach point 10 and/or point 11.

7) Academic credits reported to Ladok

Course and thesis credits / Date

8) Detailed planning for the year

Work on thesis
Finished thesis chapters/articles, if any (specify timing)
Courses
Other activities that form part of doctoral studies (e.g. conferences, symposia, international experience, brief summary of the reference group meetings)
Planned work hours for doctoral studies next year.
Work hours in % Spring Work hours in % Autumn
Other activities (e.g. teaching, administration)
Planned work hours for other activities next year.
Work hours in % Spring Work hours in % Autumn

9) Signatures

Umeå the

Signature (Doctoral student) / Clarification of signature
Signature (Principal supervisor) / Clarification of signature

Attested by

Signature (Department’s doctoral education officer) / Clarification of signature

10) Revised research plan for work on thesis

Give the thesis project’s title, background, targets, methods and preliminary results, if any. Comment on changes in relation to the original research plan and specify possible consequences.


11) Revised time and funding plan

Account for activity in percent, what the doctoral student is to do and how the research plan is to be enacted in terms of time. Comment on changes in relation to the original time and funding plan and specify possible consequences

Learning outcomes for the degree in question

(Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 6, Sections 4 and 5)

Knowledge and understanding

For the degree of Doctor of Philosophy the third-cycle student shall

·  demonstrate broad knowledge and systematic understanding of the research field as well as advanced and up-to-date specialised knowledge in a limited area of this field, and

·  demonstrate familiarity with research methodology in general and the methods of the specific field of research in particular.

Competence and skills

For the degree of Doctor of Philosophy the third-cycle student shall

·  demonstrate the capacity for scholarly analysis and synthesis as well to review and assess new and complex phenomena, issues and situations autonomously and critically

·  demonstrate the ability to identify and formulate issues with scholarly precision critically, autonomously and creatively, and to plan and use appropriate methods to undertake research and other qualified tasks within predetermined time frames and to review and evaluate such work

·  demonstrate through a dissertation the ability to make significant contribution to the formation of knowledge through his or her own research

·  demonstrate the ability in both national and international contexts to present and discuss research and research findings authoritatively in speech and writing and in dialogue with the academic community and in society in general

·  demonstrate the ability to identify the need for further knowledge and

·  demonstrate the capacity to contribute to social development and support the learning of others both through research and education and in some other qualified professional capacity.

Judgement and approach

For the degree of Doctor of Philosophy the third-cycle student shall

·  demonstrate intellectual autonomy and disciplinary rectitude as well as the ability to make assessments of research ethics, and

·  demonstrate specialised insight into the possibilities and limitations of research, its role in society and the responsibility of the individual for how this is used.