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PhD Survival Tips – Advice for PhD Life

Onur Cem Aygın shares advice for PhD researchers based on his doctoral journey.
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Onur Cem Aygın

Onur is a PhD candidate at Özyeğin University in Istanbul, Turkey. He is a Structural Engineer and his research is about disaster resilience of infrastructures and communities

Changing Degrees and Pursuing My Own Passions: My Journey to a Fulfilling PhD 

Lucy Shahabian

Ever spent years in a degree you were not happy with? This PhD student has, and she advocates for being brave enough to choose personal fulfilment over societal expectations and conventional timelines. In this article, she shares her breakthrough in changing academic direction to a path that better aligns with her passions, and offers empowering words to others who may be in a similar situation.

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

Michael Nkrumah-Appau

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.

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The H in PhD Stands for Hope: Remaining Hopeful in a PhD Journey

Mojalefa Daniel Maluka

The PhD journey can make us lose hope, feeling trapped in the melancholy that often befriends the doctoral journey. But this empowering and uplifting article, written from a South African perspective, explores the idea of hope being an important friend to PhD candidates, helping us reach the finish line to graduation. Alongside the author’s personal journey with mental health, the article emphasises the importance of prioritising wellbeing, changing strategy when things aren’t working, and always remaining hopeful for the future.

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