Barbara Grimoux: ‘My DBA topic is of interest to a number of organisations’

At the end of your first year of research, where are you up to with writing the thesis?

I’ve written about 40 pages. I plan to write a total of around 150 pages on diagnoses and 150 pages on ‘therapies’ – that is, on pedagogical sequences, how they go down with students and how they could be improved.

What have been your professional and personal experiences of the DBA?

My topic is of interest to both institutions and professionals. Consequently, I am in close contact with a number of FEDE institutions as well as with the MESRI and the CNAM.

I have also had a lot of very rich discussions with fellow doctoral students and my DBA teachers. We have exchanged both knowledge and networks. This is a great asset for me as it has opened a lot of doors professionally. I am already being offered an opportunity for international advancement within ESMOD.

What difficulties are you experiencing at the moment?

For the moment I’m not facing any major difficulties; a few practical and logistical problems I had are being sorted out.

Something I intend to do is use my French state-financed professional training account to improve my English – I need to have a good working level in order to develop my career abroad.