Case Scenario B: Jayeds Diary: Term 2 January 15: Over the holidays Ive been thinking about what went wrong last term concerning the training courses I took. Ive decided to be more pro-active and get back on track. Ive downloaded the TNA form and gone through it myself, which is what I should have done in the first place, rather than in a supervisory meeting. I decided to be absolutely honest about my skills, and with a few months experience of a doctorate I have a better idea of what I need to do anyway. January 22: I met with Dr Hesham today (Professor Raed is away) and told him about doing the TNA again. I said I need to get skills in four areas: literature review (pretty obvious after last term); critical appraisal and writing skills; statistical analysis; and a particular innovative method of data analysis that I read about in the journals and would like to try to use in my project. Dr Hesham agreed and suggested I went away and looked for DDP courses I could take. I feel like things are getting better. February 7: Fantastic day today. With Dr Heshams agreement Ive enrolled for a great course on literature review and critical appraisal, and whats more its online so I can fit it around my research work. Im just going to do this one course this term. Ive found courses in statistical analysis and writing skills, but Im going to leave these for now, till Im closer to needing these skills in my second and third years. The one problem is the specialist methods course. No one in the University knows about this, and there is definitely not a course. Ill talk it over with Dr Hesham. April 20: The good news is that my literature review just got approval from my supervisors, thanks mostly to the training course, which was just what I needed. Ive also found a short course in the specialist methods, at the University of Lancaster. Professor Raed knows the person running it and I am going to be able to do it next autumn. June 7: The literature review course is finished and Ive updated my TNA online using Pebblepad. Im going to do a further TNA in September to make sure I have the skills I need for the data collection and analysis phase of the doctorate. I know a lot more now about whats involved in doing doctoral research, so Im sure Im going to spot a few more holes in my competencies. Questions: Q3. What has enabled Jayed to use the TNA and DDP courses more effectively in the second term? (25 Marks) (Suggested Length 300-350 words) Q4. Has Jayed got the balance right between doing his doctoral research and undertaking research training for the DDP? Is Jayed right to continue to review his training needs? (25 Marks) (Suggested Length 300-350 words)