Research Skills: Financial Management
Financial Management skills required of excellent PhD or doctoral students
An excellent researcher at doctoral or PhD level:
- Understands the basic principles of financial management.
- Has commercial awareness.
Looking ahead, a doctoral student can aim to become an excellent early-career researcher who:
- Appreciates and recognises the significance of financial management systems. Keeps basic accounts and reconciles them.
- Manages own grant.
- Develops deeper commercial awareness.
Note: These skills are identified in the UK Researcher Development Framework – where they appear as C3.2 Finance, Funding and Resources: Financial Management
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