Economics PathwayOur First Year in the DTC

The Economics pathway is represented in all three of our universities.

Complement each other in terms of covering a wide range of areas in the discipline◦ Sheffield – applied, mostly microeconometrics◦ York – theoretical – strong on macroeconomics◦ Leeds – policy evaluation e.g. transport and

health.

Economics in the DTC

Initial meeting between PhD directors in each department.

First annual Economics PhD conference.

Visiting lecturer master classes.

Support for students to access external training provision.

Activities in the first year

To be held annually, rotated between the three departments.

This year, held at Leeds in March 2013. All day event. First year students asked to present posters,

while second and third years presented papers in parallel sessions.

Academic staff from all three departments in attendance, some acting as discussants.

The Economics PhD conference

Students organised much of the conference

themselves, through a small committee.

Organised like a full academic conference

Good experience of presenting

Use of discussants

A ‘good day out’

Why it was a success

Estefania Mourelle (visiting Sheffield), ‘Linearity vs. Asymmetry in Economic Time Series’, 14 December 2011

Andrew Clark and Conchita D’Ambrosio (visiting Sheffield), Labour Economics, 27, 30 & 31 January 2012

Herakles Polemarchakis (visiting York), Economic Policy in Market Economies, 28 & 29 February

Visiting Lecturer Master Classes

Designed for graduate students

Intensive training in particular areas

Open to students in all 3 departments

Give students access to new academics

with whom to discuss their work

Why they were successful

Increasingly, PhD students are wanting access to training in very specialised topics.

Provide information and support to attend suitable training courses at outside institutions.

Supporting Access to Outside Training

Repeat activities from first year.

Develop online presence for cluster:

◦ Online publication of chapters/discussion papers

◦ Discussion boards

◦ Notices

We have talked about the possibility of

‘exchanges’ of academic staff between the 3

departments.

Plans for the new academic year