I am filling in an application to ERSC, I have to provide a work shedule. Anybody any ideas for what I should have done and when by etc. It is in the area of linguistics, but at the moment I have no idea. Just wanted a rough guide of when literature review should be done by, data collection, discussions, first drafts etc. If anybody could help, would really appreciate it.

jonesy, i'd check the PhD handbook of your future department. usually they will have guidelines on when it is 'normal' to do what. this could include some kind of first year report or something (in some departments people submit a chapter of their thesis at the end of the first year, in mine we submit a 5000 word paper on 'aims' and 'methods') and will certainly say something about the 'upgrade' process which will include what needs to be submitted for upgrade and when this is normally done.