Facta PhD
Facts. Behavior. Progress.
Facta PhD
Facts. Behavior. Progress.
Facts. Behavior. Progress.
Facts. Behavior. Progress.
Besides venturing into unexplored academic territory, PhD students need to shape their own work agenda. As a result, students are frequently left to their own devices when it comes to dealing with the obstacles they face on their path towards the doctorate. This can lead to stress, delays, and even drop-outs.
However, if managed well, the PhD experience can be a great learning opportunity. It allows students to obtain deeper insights into their life goals and ambitions, while providing them with a strong set of skills that will be invaluable throughout the rest of their lives.
At Facta PhD, we are building technologies to leverage the experiences of thousands of PhD students to let individual PhD students excel. We help students obtain a quicker diagnosis of bottlenecks in their PhD trajectory, and provide personalized advice and strategies to move forward. This enables students to graduate on time and have more fun while doing so.
At the start of the PhD trajectory we predict likely bottlenecks and pitfalls based on baseline characteristics of the student, the supervisor and the research project. Students receive tailor-made recommendations on how they can proactively manage their PhD to avoid setbacks and stay on track.
Every PhD trajectory consists of ups and downs. We monitor progress using a small set of regularly timed survey questions to monitor and predict difficult phases and underlying issues. We suggest timely behavioural changes to prevent lows in well-being, increase productivity and reduce time to completion.
Putting doctoral work into perspective often requires human interaction. When needed, we connect students to relevant coaches, peers or experts. Based on our detailed tracking system, we can better time and target interventions to address needs of the individual student.
Gain a comprehensive overview of your PhD trajectory with the PhD Roadmap toolbox containing a Roadmap poster (A0 size, home delivered) and manual with exercises and instructions to shape your PhD Roadmap. Order here.
Develop your PhD Roadmap through two small scale online classes (July 3 and 10 from 11:00-13:00) and various exercises at home. Buy tickets here.
Participate in an intensive and small scale course to rethink your goals and plans. Next courses are scheduled for September 2020 (registration form coming soon)
Deep-dive into your PhD Roadmap during 1-on-1 coaching sessions: define goals, design a long-term plan, formulate short-term milestones and overcome obstacles
Note that most universities allow you to use your research budget or personal development budget for our products.
"Facta PhD helped me to come up with a blueprint of my 4-years PhD trajectory. After getting the big picture idea of what I am going to achieve in the next 4 years, the instructors provided me a method to break down my questions into small step, which is quite important to conquer a long-term goal."
"I learned that the PhD journey is a learning phase for the future instead of an ending phase that has to be perfect."
"The most important things that I can take away is the PhD Roadmap tool, which included all the gist of the course. I posted it on the wall of my studio, which can be a tool to remind me to do the right things to achieve the academic goals I set for myself."
Coen started his PhD in Economics at the Vrije Universiteit in 2016 focussing on mental health and human capital. His own experiences as a PhD students have motivated him to seek new solutions that help graduate students enjoy their research more and allow them to focus more on personal development.
Lennard has a background in innovation sciences and is a consultant at Humanex, a corporate startup that focusses on developing new business. He is motivated to help individuals, teams and organisations to perform better by applying new ways of working like design thinking.
Kim Luijken is doing a PhD on statistics in epidemiologic research and believes that personal development is the driver of productivity and fun during a PhD.
Richard van den Berg is an experienced teacher and trainer in higher education and provides coaching to help individuals define a vision on their professional work.
Coen van de Kraats +31 6 42392778
Lennard Nellestein +31 6 82122449
De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 Amsterdam, Netherlands
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