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Tag Archives: PhD advice
What Makes a PhD?
The last few weeks haven’t been particularly successful and I have started to wonder what actually makes up a PhD. I thought I would have more time to think, read and ponder. More time to really explore a subject. At the … Read More
Tagged: PhD, PhD advice, phd bored, phd day to day, what makes a PhD
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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
Diving In
I tend to throw myself into things at 10000 miles an hour. Sometimes this can be good (I also have a small problem saying ‘no’ to things) and it has provided me with lots of great experiences from doing things … Read More
Tagged: patience, PhD, PhD advice, PhD help, phd life, PhD student
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How to Communicate Your PhD Research
One of the gripes many people have with their PhD is that they think no one else is interested in it (and therefore the PhD is a pointless waste of time) and/or they think/know that no one else has a … Read More
PhD: Doctor of Procrastination
PhDs that last 3/4 years can create procrastinators out of the most focused of people. Procrastination can happen at any time, for any number of reasons. For example, if you have a tedious task to do such as count the number of cells you have in … Read More
Tagged: PhD, PhD advice, PhD help, PhD student, procrastination
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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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Finding Inspiration
Sometimes when you are so close to something it is difficult to see problems associated with it. It can be difficult to find answers . Taking some time out and having a break often leads me to thinking about things … Read More
Tagged: Communication, Inspiration, PhD, PhD advice, PhD student
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