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…
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…
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)…
On Heather Doran’s previous post, Tom Williamson (Doctor in Systems Biology), commented thus: “I’ve found out the hard way that a PhD does not make you more employable outside of…
I made the move from the world of work into a PhD. I tend not to think of myself as a ‘student’ and think of my PhD as a full time…
One of the gripes many people have with their PhD is that they think no one else is interested in it (and therefore the PhD is a pointless waste of…
The internet has expedited the information age in every way. Academic collaboration has been facilitated by online communication. I wanted to highlight a new website which has many scientific lectures…
