Alana James's Contact Details

Alana James's Company Details

DoctoralNet hosting graduate professional development for universities

Cork, County Cork, Ireland • 6 Employees
Professional Training & Coaching

DoctoralNet Ltd. founded by Dr E. Alana James and Margaret T. Milenkiewicz in 2014, based in Kinsale, Co Cork.PD.education sites are specialized portals that allow a University to give their postgraduate students a full range of research and thesis support and professional development services 24/7, 365. Offering professional development across 10 areas of content: Academic Writing, Argumentation, Criticality, Getting Published, Grad Prep, Job Prep, Research Design, Proposal Design, Tools & Efficiencies.Much has been made in the media of the gap between the PhD and business, especially in a time when the majority of students go on to non-academic jobs. By helping postgraduate students understand and develop the transferable skills needed for research in a business context a pd.education platform fills the gap between the PhD requirements demanded by the university versus those of business. How does it work? Each university is provided with an individualized portal, used only by their students. Research related issues are handled in the main content area, with special issues such as low motivation, lack of skill in academic writing, the development of transferable skills, or trouble maintaining work-life-balance are part of the dozen or so tools they opt-in for on an as-needed, on-demand basis. For example, when students:• Are lingering in their degree status they can join PhD scholars - an accelerator program to help them finish.• Feel adrift or overwhelmed they attend webinars that help them ground in the subtleties of the work • Feel insecure in their academic writing they take the 30-day writing challenge, attend groups online, self-assess their ideas and develop skills through practical webinars. • Want to pursue future opportunities in business or industry, they opt-in for access to the boxed sets on transferrable skills.• Want to publish their research they opt-in for the publishing boxed set or join the "Let's Get Published" group.