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.

Experiences

It’s Your PhD: How to Deal With Unhelpful Advice

This article explores how advice, whether solicited or unsolicited, can damage the morale and hope of those doing a PhD. The purpose of this article is to comment on the boundaries that researchers must put in place to avoid being negatively affected: we must be discerning as to whether advice is useful and pertinent, or whether it is not applicable to us. The main message is: don’t listen to everyone, and trust your own judgement!

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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

Oral Defense Of A Foodie Candidate

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

How I Wrote My PhD Thesis In One Year

Resolutions, Repentance And Reflections Of My PhD

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Anxiety in Academia: Using Anxiety as My Superpower

Anxiety is a debilitating condition that can make the simplest of tasks difficult, let alone a PhD. This empowering article follows Jake’s experience with anxiety during sixth form and university, and how once he discovered research he began to view anxiety as a superpower to keep his PhD pushing forwards. He shares anxiety-reducing techniques for when it gets too much, including affirmations and breath control, and emphasises the value of accepting anxiety in your life.

Community

The Importance of Student Groups and Connecting with Others as a Graduate Student

Feeling isolated while pursuing a PhD is common, but it’s important to build connections with others to feel supported and foster a sense of community. Participating in student-run groups and attending events can help graduate students make friends and even get to know professors in their department.

Experiences

How Generation Z Can Thrive in a PhD

This insightful article highlights how young Gen Z academics can make the most of their unique skills and attributes cultivated by their generational upbringing, and propel themselves towards achieving triumph in their PhD programme and beyond.

Experiences

Navigating Through Negative Criticism

Academia is made up of people with a variety of career trajectories. Nevertheless, they can be broadly classified into two categories: 1. People who just

Autism

I Am Autistic: Do I Have an Advantage as a Researcher?

The article explores the question: “I Am Autistic: Do I Have an Advantage as a Researcher?” It delves into the unique challenges faced by autistic researchers while also considering the potential advantages they may possess in the right context.

Getting started

Panic! at the PhD: Where to Begin and How to Make It Your Own

Starting a PhD is a monumental task, demanding personal and academic growth and creating panic about where to start. In this article, a PhD student breaks down the most important things to bear in mind when starting your PhD, making the project your own, and even enjoying the ride.

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Category: Your Academic Journey

It’s Your PhD: How to Deal With Unhelpful Advice

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Why I Love Using Paperpile For Reference Management (Ad)

PhD Survival Tips – Advice for PhD Life

Office 216

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

Oral Defense Of A Foodie Candidate

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

How I Wrote My PhD Thesis In One Year

Resolutions, Repentance And Reflections Of My PhD

Nathan H. Clarke

Anxiety in Academia: Using Anxiety as My Superpower

The Importance of Student Groups and Connecting with Others as a Graduate Student

How Generation Z Can Thrive in a PhD

Navigating Through Negative Criticism

I Am Autistic: Do I Have an Advantage as a Researcher?

Panic! at the PhD: Where to Begin and How to Make It Your Own

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Anxiety in Academia: Using Anxiety as My Superpower

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