 I'm a second year postgraduate researcher in the Gateway PhD program with Manchester Metropolitan University and San Jose State University. It is a PhD, that's an independent piece of research. It's awarded by Manchester Metropolitan University, but it's the supervision to express between Manchester Met and San Jose State University faculty. You have the ability to work with researchers from both the UK and San Jose State, and what that means is that you have an incredible comprehensive diverse and global perspective. You're able to do this in a part-time basis in a 100% online environment except for the one week that you come in person to San Jose for an intensive research workshop. I looked at a lot of PhD programs and I wanted one that was flexible for my life circumstances, one that allowed me to continue working, and one that allowed me to jump right into my research, and that was really what attracted me to this program. We are using a European model so that you do not need to take classes. It assumes that you have attained a level of achievement in the career and you are ready to pursue research. It's broad, it's international, it involves perspectives from different people working with different technologies and different domains. I think one of the biggest advantages of the Gateway PhD program is the connection you have with your supervisors, but also the power of the cohort of the Gateway PhD program. So you get to know your colleagues, your fellow postgraduate researchers, as well as faculty from both institutions, and it's a really supportive collegial environment to work in. I 100% recommend this program for anyone looking for a PhD that is supportive. Faculty here really, really want to make sure that you get out of this degree what you came in to get out of it. And even if you don't quite know what that is, they're going to help you along with the cohort figure out what you want from your PhD. Many of our graduates of this PhD program have gone on to academic positions, they have gone into management positions, into consulting. So we have a wide range of interests from traditional library science to information data analytics, and there is a place for you in this program.