Category: Your Academic Journey

Explore the world of doctoral research and academia with insights, tips, and guidance for prospective and current PhD students. Navigate the challenges and rewards of the doctoral journey.

Academic Careers

Spare Me the Lecture: A Short Guide On How to Excel In Your First Teaching Role

If you are reading this, it is assumed that you are about to embark on an exciting new journey in teaching at university level. Congratulations! You are about to enter a highly rewarding area of academia where each day is different and full of opportunity to inspire those around you. This blogpost goes through five key considerations to help you prepare for success before entering the classroom.

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PhD Survival Tips – Advice for PhD Life

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Stops And Starts: The Growing Pains Of The PhD

What I Wish I Knew Before I Started My PhD

Dual Discipline: Doing A PhD With A Chronic Illness

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

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Resolutions, Repentance And Reflections Of My PhD

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Experiences

Reflections Of A 1st Year: Six Months In…

What is it like to be a PhD researcher in Law? Rebecca Hall tells us about her experiences as a research council funded first year PhD student, six months in.

Experiences

Managing PhD Stress And Staying Motivated.

A research journey is a rollercoaster ride with its fair share of ups and downs. If we can enjoy the happy moments, we can overcome the things which pull us down. Let us see our PhD as a solo adventure trek, rather than a track race.

Experiences

How to turn your thesis into a book

Dr Due-Gundersen outlines how to publish your thesis as a peer-reviewed book.

Bereavement

Coping with Bereavement During a PhD: Grow Around the Grief

Grief is a lesser-discussed topic in academia, but processing grief due to the loss of a loved one compounds the challenges of doing a PhD. In this thought-provoking article, Kathryn Zacharek shares her experience of navigating a PhD during bereavement, where she took time out, leaned on her support networks, and researched ways to let her life ‘grow around the grief’.

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.

First Year Student

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

In this reflective article, Gemma Rides shares her PhD experience so far and provides advice for new PhD students. She discusses the importance of talking to supervisors and other students, getting into a routine, celebrating small achievements, and remembering that a PhD is more than just writing a thesis.

First Year Student

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

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

Spare Me the Lecture: A Short Guide On How to Excel In Your First Teaching Role

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Stops And Starts: The Growing Pains Of The PhD

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

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Reflections Of A 1st Year: Six Months In…

Managing PhD Stress And Staying Motivated.

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Coping with Bereavement During a PhD: Grow Around the Grief

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

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