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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...
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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, myself...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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PhD time management!
Sometimes I think students are thought to have loads of time to do what they want……..Granted, especially as a post-graduate student, you have the flexibility to organize your own timetable and working...
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Giving back during your PhD
Hi everyone, I have recently been working with a company based at my university that produces an online educational resource for its community of some of the brightest 13-18 year olds across the globe....
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What I’ve learnt from my PhD so far
Hi everyone, I’ve been delayed in writing my latest blog post by attending courses, helping new PhD students and supervising work experience students, which alongside my PhD work, has left me little...
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The hectic life of a PhD student
Hi everyone, Welcome to my blog of general ramblings! This week I thought I’d fill you in on everything I am up to at the moment, all of which I am enjoying, but also trying to manage effectively! So,...
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The good and the bad of a PhD
Hello all, As I approach the last stages of my PhD, I think I have some understanding through my own experience of the good and the bad it brings, so I thought I would share my thoughts with you...
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How to survive your PhD
Hi everyone, I always try and apply what I experience in my PhD to my blog writing, so in this blog I’ve decided to talk a little about what I think has helped me progress to the current stage in my...
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What are the benefits of being a PhD student?
Hi everyone, After talking about how to keep calm and survive your PhD with my last two blog posts, I thought I would take us all back to a more positive note! So for this blog I wanted to talk a...
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Staying motivated throughout your PhD
Hi all, Seeing as though I am currently trying to get into my thesis writing, I thought a post on motivation would be apt! Right, where do I start….hmm…..well I do believe that staring at a screen for...
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Presenting your PhD
Hi all, I recently presented my PhD at an early career researchers event in agriculture. Hence, I thought it would be apt to talk about my advice on presenting your research from my own experience. 1....
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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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Pre-Christmas PhD Rush & Enjoying the Break
The run up to Christmas is my favourite time of the year; everyone seems happier, more excitable, and at the end of a busy year the break is always welcome. Alongside the stresses of Christmas shopping...
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