Postgraduate Personal Statement Support

We want to see you get onto the postgraduate degree of your choice, and we want to help you take the quickest route to it. That is why Careers & Employability has partnered with the English Language Centre to offer bespoke support to help you prepare, plan and write successful personal statements for postgraduate study.

Step 1: Watch the writing a personal statement for postgraduate study video

Before making a start on your personal statement or accessing the online tutorial, we recommend you watch our 'How to write a personal statement for postgraduate study’ video. This covers the three important questions that you should consider when writing your personal statement:

  • What should I do before I start writing?

  • How should I structure my personal statement?

  • What should I include in my personal statement? 

 


This video from Blessing, a PhD student in the Management School and a Career Coach gives her 3 top tips for writing and submitting a postgraduate personal statement.


More video and written resources that will support your progression to postgraduate study are available on Handshake here, and you can drop-in to the Career Studio to speak to our Career Coaches for more information and support.


Step 2: Preparing and planning a draft personal statement - online tutorial

The ‘Preparing and planning a draft personal statement’ online tutorial will help you get started with your personal statement by showing how to:

  • conduct research by identifying and applying relevant information from university websites

  • organise your personal statement by analysing some examples

  • edit and proof-read to avoid unnecessary mistakes

There are two online tutorials available depending on what programme of study you are applying for:

Online tutorial: Preparing and planning a draft personal statement for a Master’s degree

Online tutorial: Preparing and planning a draft personal statement for a PhD 

By completing the online tutorial and an associated workbook you will have created a draft personal statement for postgraduate study.


Step 3: One-to-one support

If you would like, you can then access a one-to-one appointment with the English Language Centre to get feedback and advice on your personal statement. This will help you to refine your statement and have the best chance you can of getting offered a place.

In order to book a one-to-one appointment you will first need to complete one of the tutorials and workbook from step 2. You will then get a link to book your personalised one-to-one and submit your draft personal statement.

If you have any questions please drop-in to the Career Studio to speak to one of our coaches, or email us at careers@liverpool.ac.uk 

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