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Tag Archives: phd day to day
The value of PhD Assessments
Over the past two months I have been putting together my second year PhD assessment. This is an internal requirement for my PhD. The assessment involves submitting a ‘paper’ with my PhD results in the style of a journal appropriate to my … Read More
Tagged: Academic research, PhD, PhD advice, phd day to day, PhD help, phd life, PhD student, Research
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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
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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What does it mean to be a PhD student?
I posted some time ago about my typical day as a PhD student but what does it really mean to be a PhD student? The project starts with a plan, in my case the plan was formed by my supervisor, … Read More
Tagged: PhD, phd day to day, phd life, PhD planning, phd problems, PhD student, PhD support
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Dealing with Monotony in your PhD
Repetition after repetition after repetition. Although studying for a PhD involves investigating a subject you love, it can become incredibly monotonous. Repeating experiments, trawling through endless data sets… My PhD is research based and I have spent an interesting but … Read More
