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strengths and weaknesses2

How understanding your strengths and weaknesses could propel your academic career to new heights.

Andrew Clappison - February 23, 2018

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…

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…

Preparing for your PhD viva

Emma Monaghan - February 12, 2015

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,…

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Presenting your PhD

Emma Monaghan - June 5, 2014

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…

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Giving back during your PhD

Emma Monaghan - October 17, 2013

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…

A Fine Frenzy Rolling: Two Parts to the Creative Process

Geoff Mills - October 9, 2013

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…

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…

Writing a Thesis Plan

Heather Doran - March 12, 2012

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…

Things I wish I had known at the start of my PhD

Heather Doran - January 18, 2012

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 PhD Student – Supervisor Relationship

Heather Doran - October 6, 2011

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…

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