Great jobs for bright people
You may have a vague idea of some your strengths and weaknesses. But do you have a ‘yardstick’ by which to measure these against? Sadly, people and their institutions are…
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…
I should start by briefly summarizing what a PhD viva is. A viva is an oral examination that takes place approximately 1-3 months after PhD thesis submission. In the viva,…
Hi all, I recently presented my PhD at an early career researchers event in agriculture. Hence, I thought it would be apt to talk about my advice on presenting your…
Hi everyone, I have recently been working with a company based at my university that produces an online educational resource for its community of some of the brightest 13-18 year…
The playwright David Edgar has done much to pioneer the teaching of playwriting in this country, an influence that began even before he established the now famous masters degree in…
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…
I am now starting to put together my thesis. First step was to write a plan. There are a couple of resources on the Internet that might help you create…
I am entering the final stretch of my PhD and this is a list of things that I wish I had known (or things I wish someone would have told me)…
The relationship between a PhD student and their supervisor(s) often exists in a delicate balance… the fundamentals of this relationship are illustrated beautifully in the PhD comics, especially this one –http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1439 But…
