Is anybody doing their PhD backwards? I am a full time RA and have been given the opportunity to complete a PhD alongside this work. As i am pulling the PhD out of the funded research, i feel like i am doing things backwards. Does anybody else have experience of this and advice? Thanks

Hi All,

I am new to both this site and research so wondered if anyone has any pearls of wisdom.

I have a job as a research assistant in psychology, of which i was offered and received funding to use it towards a PhD. Which is excellent news! But i am new to research, having taken the post to get experience, and i am feeling a bit lost about where to go from here. I have a general theme for the phd, of which my research work fits into, but i need to expand upon this greatly in order to get a phd. I don't really know where to start with everything and have been floundering because of this.

Does anybody have any good tips or words of wisdom?