A room where the PhD itself is the subject
Guided conversations with other PhD candidates at TU Delft about the work, the doubts, and what you actually want next.
Enrol nowFour years is a long time to not talk about it
PhD talks are guided meetings with a small group of PhD candidates from across TU Delft. You share what the work is really like and listen to peers doing the same.
A PhD asks you to be independent, and that often turns into being alone with it. Your supervisor asks about progress. Friends outside the university ask when you finish. Meanwhile the questions that actually keep you up are about whether this is going anywhere, and whether you still want what you wanted when you started.
These talks are for those questions. Confidential, led by an experienced facilitator, and with no connection to your assessment or your department.
What to expect
- Meetings
- A short series of guided talks
- Group
- PhD candidates from across TU Delft
- Dates
- To be announced
- Language
- English
- Cost
- Free for TU Delft PhD candidates
- Location
- MoTiv, Voorstraat 60, Delft
Nothing to prepare. No reading, no presentation, no report afterwards. You bring your own experience and the conversation does the rest.
Outcomes
- Language for what you actually want from your work and your career.
- Leadership qualities you can practise here before you need them elsewhere.
- Room to say your ambitions out loud, including the bold ones.
- A network of PhD peers across faculties that outlasts the programme.
Who joins. PhD candidates at TU Delft, any faculty, any stage. Internationals are very welcome; the talks run in English.
What we talk about
Two questions run through the series: what makes your time as a PhD candidate at TU Delft worthwhile, and how do you see your future. Around those, the group brings whatever is pressing.
Your work situation
The project, the pace, the supervision, and what happens when progress stalls.
The culture around you
How TU Delft works as a place, including cooperation, competition and social safety.
Work and the rest of life
Where the boundary sits, whether it holds, and what it costs when it does not.
What comes after
Academia, industry, something else entirely. What draws you, and what you would rather avoid.
Why in a group? Most of what makes a PhD hard is invisible until someone else names it. Hearing a peer describe their week is often the fastest route to understanding your own, which is why these talks happen together rather than one to one.
How to enrol
Use the form below and we will get back to you with the dates. Questions first are just as welcome: write to support@motiv.tudelft.nl.
Enrol nowPracticalities
- Participation is free
- Location: Voorstraat 60, Delft
- Mail support@motiv.tudelft.nl for questions
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