Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
Folashade Adeyemo -
..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…
Category > Writing
12 Things Star Wars Got Wrong About Your PhD!
Daniel O’Donnell-Smith -
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 -
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 -
…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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
“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 -
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…
