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What To Do Whilst Waiting
I’m travelling home to Brisbane from Auckland and I’m sitting in a cramped plane seat, waiting for the next 3 hours and 20 minutes to pass by as...
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Finishing your PhD
Since my last post I have submitted my PhD (yay!). So, I thought the best way to update you on my progress was to summarize, from my own experience, what I have learnt from the writing up and...
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Preparing for your PhD viva
I should start by briefly summarizing what a PhD viva is. A viva is an oral examination that takes place approximately 1-3 months after PhD thesis submission. In the viva, the PhD candidate discusses...
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What I’ve learnt from my PhD
A few months have passed since I submitted my PhD thesis and this has given me some time to reflect on my PhD experience…..so I thought I would share my thoughts in this latest blog post. I think the...
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Post-PhD life – where do you go from here?
So I have talked about my PhD research and experience and the finale of the PhD viva. So what happens next? Post-PhD is a bit of a strange time. You spend 3 or 4 years working intensely on a project....
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The planning fallacy: Underestimating your task completion times
“When can you have that first draft completed? “ “I will have that with you next week, it’s practically finished anyway” MANY. WEEKS. LATER. “I promise, definitely next week, I ran into a few problems,...
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The End of Month 1: How to Combat PhD Fear
Choosing to continue study and begin a PhD is a daunting decision, you know what’s more daunting though? Actually doing it. I’m a month into my PhD and I’ve taken to reading PhD-focussed blogs in my...
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Feeling Useful During Your PhD
Doing a PhD is a weird thing; you’re suddenly very independent and hyper-aware of how useful your impact may or may not be. The feeling of being useful is a great one, it gives you purpose and...
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Saying No (Nicely)
During your PhD you’ll be given opportunities to get involved with multiple different projects; from attending conferences, training courses and workshops to blogging and volunteering at public...
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You Think You Work
When I first started my PhD I was lost. This didn’t quite compute because everything leading up to that point had come together so well. Having relocated to London I had (and still have) the best...
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You Don’t Use The Library
Libraries are great aren’t they? Clean, quiet spaces with excellent facilities: the toilets in the larger ones can be handsome and some have the luxury of an attached café or smorgasbord pop-up. Most...
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