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Tag Archives: Research
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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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
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
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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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
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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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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