Category: Your Academic Journey

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Career and Networking

Finding the Right Supervisors: An Underrated Springboard to Enjoying the PhD Journey

Mentors and supervisors are invaluable helpers on our PhD journey, yet this aspect of a PhD is often not considered enough to ensure they are the right fit for us. This article, from a Ghanian perspective, provides advice on finding and maintaining the right supervisors, who have the potential to completely transform one’s PhD journey into an enjoyable one. It reminds us that supervisors should be seen not as someone to try to replicate, but to springboard us into attaining our own personal goals.

Job Hunting Beyond Academia: Getting Your ‘Story Straight’

My PhD Journey As An International Student

“Look Right, Look Left”

They Said I Was ‘Too Old’ – My PhD Journey

To-Do: Write A Thesis – Reflecting On My PhD Experience So Far & Advice For New PhD Students

The Secret Power Of Blogging

Floundering First Steps: The First Month Of Starting A PhD

Is There Life After A PhD?

How My Faith In God Convinced Me To Never Give Up And To Pursue Further Education

It’s Time To Find Your Team – Advice For PhD Students During Those Lonely Times

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Disability

Neurodivergence, Mental Health and the PhD: A Compilation of Advice and Support

Are you navigating a PhD with neurodivergence and mental health challenges, or want to find out how you can support those who do? In this article, our Editor-in-Chief reflects on five impactful stories from PhDers who’ve been there. Discover their strategies for success and prioritising wellbeing in an often-unaccommodating world. Click the subheadings to enjoy the full articles for yourself!

After accepting an offer

Strategies for Connecting with Other Students Before Beginning Your PhD Program.

Are you a new PhD student looking to make connections before your programs starts? Kristin shares two big tips to help you hit the ground running at the start of your doctoral studies.

Autism

Supporting Your Wellbeing as an Autistic Postgraduate Researcher

Nurturing your wellbeing is a crucial part of the PhD. This article is packed with wisdom and insights on supporting (and advocating for) your own wellbeing during the PhD journey, from an autistic perspective. It emphasises the need to remind yourself of the wider picture and embrace the ups and downs of the PhD journey.

Applications and Funding

How Being Rejected from Harvard Was the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me

Follow Marco T.P. Gontijo’s journey as he applied to PhD programs, received the prestigious Fulbright scholarship, and was accepted into a PhD program at Duke University in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology.

Experiences

Tips and Tales from a First-Generation Student

The barriers faced by first-generation students can be altogether challenging when navigating graduate school. In this article, a fellow first-generation student shares what it has been like being in a PhD program and offers pieces of encouragement and advice for getting through.

Experiences

Is Time Running Out? Time Anxiety in the PhD Student

Time anxiety is an underestimated and significant mental challenge for many PhD students. It refers to the worry, tension, or stress regarding the passage of time. This article offers some advice to help handle time anxiety.

Experiences

Why you should join an online writing group during your PhD

Are you overwhelmed by writing demands of academic study? Nathan H. Clarke explores how joining an online writing group can support you during your PhD, an overlooked resource that can help you achieve success in your PhD studies.

ADHD

How to do a PhD when you have ADHD Part 2: Managing the rest of your life

This article provides strategies and considerations for PhD students with ADHD to manage life beyond coursework and dissertation writing. The article suggests reflecting on how busy you need to be, talking to supervisors and committee members about ADHD, proactively managing rejection sensitivity, and streamlining life outside of doctoral studies.

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Category: Your Academic Journey

Finding the Right Supervisors: An Underrated Springboard to Enjoying the PhD Journey

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Job Hunting Beyond Academia: Getting Your ‘Story Straight’

My PhD Journey As An International Student

“Look Right, Look Left”

They Said I Was ‘Too Old’ – My PhD Journey

To-Do: Write A Thesis – Reflecting On My PhD Experience So Far & Advice For New PhD Students

The Secret Power Of Blogging

Floundering First Steps: The First Month Of Starting A PhD

Is There Life After A PhD?

How My Faith In God Convinced Me To Never Give Up And To Pursue Further Education

It’s Time To Find Your Team – Advice For PhD Students During Those Lonely Times

Holly Prescott

Neurodivergence, Mental Health and the PhD: A Compilation of Advice and Support

Strategies for Connecting with Other Students Before Beginning Your PhD Program.

Supporting Your Wellbeing as an Autistic Postgraduate Researcher

How Being Rejected from Harvard Was the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me

Tips and Tales from a First-Generation Student

Is Time Running Out? Time Anxiety in the PhD Student

Why you should join an online writing group during your PhD

How to do a PhD when you have ADHD Part 2: Managing the rest of your life

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Holly Prescott

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