our first year in the dtc. the economics pathway is represented in all three of our universities. ...
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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