What is expected in my academic CV as a new PhD student? I just started my PhD a few months back after completing a MSc. I've been asked for a CV but I don't know what to put in it, and various templates are hard to use because:


I don't have any papers nor have I reviewed anything
I haven't been to any conferences
I haven't received any competitive awards or research grants
I haven't been on academic visits


In other words, I'm in the early stages of my academic career, I've done well enough to get where I am, but I haven't yet done anything that I can drop into a standard format academic CV (except for my education).

How can I write my academic CV when a standard format for those with a more advanced career looks, well, skeletal?
What would be expected on an academic CV for someone just starting a PhD? Is literally just handful of lines acceptable?
Write your CV as-if you hadn't started your PhD. As such, list the educational institutes you've attended, e.g., 


2015 -- 2017 Distinction, Master of science, University II
2010 -- 2015 Grade, Bachelor of science, University I
2002 -- 2010 High School qualification, School


And list what subjects you studied underneath at least the first two. (It's  probably no longer relevant what you studied at school.)

Mention your current position too. E.g.,


2017 -- present Doctor of philosophy, University III


And give a compressed summary of your research objectives underneath. (It should appear above the other institutes.)