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Category Archives: Organisation
Things I wish I had known at the start of my PhD
I am entering the final stretch of my PhD and this is a list of things that I wish I had known (or things I wish someone would have told me) when I started my PhD… I have also included somethings … Read More
Tagged: Conferences, PhD, PhD advice, PhD help, phd life, PhD planning, PhD student, PhD support, phd travel, Postdoc, problem solving, Research, Science, Travel, Turing Award
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Thinking Ahead: Transferable Skills
On Heather Doran’s previous post, Tom Williamson (Doctor in Systems Biology), commented thus: “I’ve found out the hard way that a PhD does not make you more employable outside of academia, unless the job in question is explicitly related to … Read More
Getting Constructive PhD Feedback
All universities structure PhDs slightly differently with different internal asessments and requirements. Currently we have an appraisal style assessment that we need to complete every 6 months; it is a form that asks if you have any problems and if you … Read More
The Final Year Panic
I am fast approaching the final year of my PhD (come the 1st of September it will be official). The past two years have flown by so incredibly quickly. When I realised that September would be the beginning of the end I … Read More
Leaving Work to Start a PhD
I made the move from the world of work into a PhD. I tend not to think of myself as a ‘student’ and think of my PhD as a full time job. There are obvious differences between PhD life and work … Read More
Taking a Break From Your PhD
As a PhD student you get a rather generous holiday allowance. I think I can take up to 8 weeks holiday a year. I doubt very much that I will ever get an allowance that big ever again in my working life. … Read More
Tagged: PhD break, PhD holiday, phd life
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Funding Travel During Your PhD
A couple of weeks ago I posted about travel during your PhD. So, you have found the perfect travel opportunity that will get you some amazing results/information for your thesis, but how do you fund it? You may be lucky and … Read More
