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Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Folashade Adeyemo - April 4, 2016

..and becoming a giant yourself. In today’s post, I’d like to share my experience at a conference last year and have a look (quickly..!) at what makes a PhD, a…

12 Things Star Wars Got Wrong About Your PhD!

Daniel O’Donnell-Smith - March 10, 2016

Fans of the new Star Wars film, The Force Awakens have been busily besmirching the internet with their inconsequential theories about what the series may have in store but did…

You Don’t Use The Library

Daniel O’Donnell-Smith - February 23, 2016

Libraries are great aren’t they? Clean, quiet spaces with excellent facilities: the toilets in the larger ones can be handsome and some have the luxury of an attached café or…

You Have Office Envy

Daniel O’Donnell-Smith - February 10, 2016

…Or, ‘Wherever You lay Your Phone (That’s Your Home)’.   Do you have an office? I do not*. Annoyingly the PhD student who asks you this question invariably has their…

You Think You Work

Daniel O’Donnell-Smith - January 19, 2016

When I first started my PhD I was lost. This didn’t quite compute because everything leading up to that point had come together so well. Having relocated to London I…

Feeling Useful During Your PhD

Heidi Gardner - August 14, 2015

Doing a PhD is a weird thing; you’re suddenly very independent and hyper-aware of how useful your impact may or may not be. The feeling of being useful is a…

The PhD Application Process

Heidi Gardner - July 17, 2015

I’ve just completed my 2nd full week of PhD study, it’s all been a bit of a whirlwind and time is going so quickly. I am really enjoying getting to…

Starting a Writing Group

Rachel Handforth - July 17, 2015

My name is Rachel and I’m a first year PhD student at Sheffield Hallam University. I’m doing research within the field of Higher Education, specifically exploring the career aspirations of…

The planning fallacy: Underestimating your task completion times

Alex Scott - June 22, 2015

“When can you have that first draft completed? “ “I will have that with you next week, it’s practically finished anyway” MANY. WEEKS. LATER. “I promise, definitely next week, I…

Communicating science

Emma Monaghan - October 3, 2013

I recently attended a day-long course run by a science society I am a member of. The day itself was very useful in reminding me of why it is so…

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