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Category Archives: Career Advice
New Year, PhD?
At New Year people take time to reflect and start to plan for the year ahead. I imagine some people will be exploring the possibility of starting a PhD so I thought I would post a little bit about how … Read More
Tagged: finding a PhD, PhD, PhD advice, PhD application, PhD help, PhD student
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Surviving at conferences…
I didn’t post a blog last week as I was attending a research conference. Most people as part of their PhD will be requested to attend and/or present at a research conference. If your supervisor doesn’t suggest it, I would … Read More
Love your PhD
My last few blog posts haven’t really been filled with how my life as a PhD student is all fun and games …. I started writing this blog to give ‘advice’ and talk about PhD life. Unfortunately I fall into … Read More
Tagged: advice, love your PhD, PhD, PhD advice, PhD help, PhD student, PhD support
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PhD Time Managment…
Following on from my last blog I thought I would follow it with a post about ‘time management’….a term I personally hate but something I believe everyone struggles with one way or another during their PhD. In order to complete a PhD you need … Read More
Tagged: PhD, PhD advice, PhD comics, PhD help, PhD planning, PhD student, PhD support, time management
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A day in the life of a PhD student
As this blog is focused around life as a PhD student – this week I thought I would run a ‘day in the life of me’ My PhD is in medical sciences and it is research based. I work with … Read More
Tagged: PhD, PhD advice, PhD student, Science, scientist
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Starting out
Two important pieces of advice for anyone starting out a new project whether it is a PhD or a new work project. Write everything down and speak to as many people as you can. Read More
Tagged: new student, notetaking, PhD, PhD advice, starting out, time management
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PhDs in the insurance industry
I went to a combinatorics meeting recently. Among the technical talks there was one talk by Dr. Angela Koller on graph theory in industry. Dr. Koller is a mathematician by training who had worked as a research assistant at Royal … Read More
Tagged: insurance industry, risk analysis
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