Amplifying The Voices Of PhD Students
Do People Think That People With PhDs Make More Money? To find out, if people think that people with PhDs make more money? We asked three questions to strangers. And we gave no information about ourselves beforehand. We also did…
We all know that we should backup our work regularly because the risk of losing it is devastating for a PhD student – you can’t get it back and that work was years in the making. But, there are a…
A PhD is all about learning. And because most of us have only ever learnt through having our heads in a book or having someone tell us things, we aren’t really aware of any other ways of learning. In fact,…
In our previous blog post on networking, we described how to use emailing to help build your network. This blog post further builds upon it with some tips on how to maintain contact with people in your network. In our…
Nowadays, there are more ways of networking with people than you can even keep track of. But one way is severely underutilized by academics, and that is emailing. Sure, we use email all the time to communicate with people we…
Introduction Writing an abstract for your academic paper is one of the most challenging parts of the writing process. One of the reasons why is because you need to condense everything into a little paragraph. In this article, we’ll take…
So, I know what you’re thinking, getting over writer’s block is not easy. All of the ways touted are still painful. But, there is actually a very easy way to get over writer’s block and it’s very logical. This way…
Introduction If you’re thinking about getting a PhD, it’s important to think about who is going to be your supervisor. Your supervisor will have a large input into what research project you do and what topics will be explored. They…
Introduction Networking is a crucial part of academic life. It’s how we find jobs, get funding for projects, and make professional connections that lead to opportunities for collaboration. Unfortunately, it can be hard to meet people especially if you’re just…
Introduction Writing an abstract for your academic paper is one of the most challenging parts of the writing process. In this article, we’ll take you through all the steps from beginning to end. We’ll start with an introduction that grabs…