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Category Archives: Higher Education
Time Management I: The Pomodoro Technique
An apple a day keeps the doctor away…but are there any benefits to a daily handful of tomatoes? Most PhD students will quickly discover new depths of the human tendency towards procrastination. We develop an irrational compulsion to immediately complete … Read More
Going Up! The Elevator Pitch
No doubt those of us who watched the final of The Apprentice did so with a sort of morbid curiosity, squirming yet captivated as the final four underwent the gruelling series of interviews. Seeing other people put on the spot … Read More
Tagged: Academic job, Conferences, interdisciplinary, interview, job, job hunting, PhD, presentations, Research
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Integrating Research and Teaching
I have a confession: as an undergraduate, I assumed that lecturers spent their entire lives poised at their desks, module descriptions in hand, waiting for us students to traipse into their book-lined offices so they could whir into action. I … Read More
Tagged: Research, Teaching
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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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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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Publishing before the PhD
The PhD process involves producing publishable research. However, does that also imply that one should publish before submitting the thesis? There are a growing number of reasons to do so: Most university guidelines themselves encourage publications based on the undergoing … Read More
Tagged: publishing, Research
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Vitae
The following is an excerpt from a press release on the UK GRAD Programme website. It is the launch of a national organization to support doctoral students and researchers. It seems to be the joining of forces of UK GRAD … Read More
Tagged: EPSCR, Research Councils UK (RCUK), UK GRAD, Vitae
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