Welcome to the IfA PhD Handbook!
The purpose of this handbook is to give new Observatory PhD students information to facilitate their settling in at the Observatory and to provide all postgraduate students with a student orientated digest of the plethora of information that they will be bombarded withthroughout the course of their PhD studies.
This handbook is aimed very much at the postgraduate students in the Institute (IfA) and so is informal in tone and content. On arrival you may find life somewhat confusing while you find your feet and this guide is aimed at minimising that confusion.
The most important thing to take away from this entire document is; "don't be afraid to ask questions of anyone" -- it will speed your settling in at the Observatory as well as make you more productive. Remember that everyone working here has been in your shoes before and that most people are flattered if you ask questions of them and will be eager to respond.
Please use the Git Issue Tool to request/suggest updates to be made. Or even better make Pull Requests if you want to make changes directly to the text!