Tess is a PhD student in Computing at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland. Tess’ PhD is entitled ‘Improving Healthcare AI-Support Systems for Visually Detectable Diseases: A Mixed Learning Approach on the Edge’ and explores the ways in which diagnostic tools can be made accessible to those in remote and low-connectivity areas. She has also published research in machine translation, demonstrating the importance of interpreting low-resource languages. Twitter: @TessWOfficial

How to Handle the Jump Straight from Undergrad to PhD 

Are you considering going straight from an undergraduate degree to a PhD, skipping the master’s? At 22 years old, Tess shares her experience of this and provides some valuable insights about how she prepared and applied for her PhD in Computing without doing a master’s degree.

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Pursuing A Research PhD Is Like Launching Your Own Start-Up Business

Learn about the similarities between pursuing a PhD in a research field and launching a startup business. From selecting a viable research topic to marketing your work, PhD students and entrepreneurs have overlapping skills and mindsets that can lead to success. Read more to find out how PhD students can learn from entrepreneurial techniques to achieve success in academia.

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Floundering First Steps: The First Month Of Starting A PhD

Starting a PhD can be daunting at the best of times, but even more so during a pandemic. In this article, Olivia Eve Arkley shares her experiences and advice for making the most of the first month of a PhD, including practical tools and mental skills to aid completion. She also discusses the importance of becoming part of the academic community and carving out your own place within it.

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