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Research in foreign Lands: Part II- the cherishable experience

Nazia Nasir - November 21, 2018

In the first part, I discussed some of the challenges that scholars face when moving to a foreign country for their research. But it’s not all that bad, once the…

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…

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…

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)…

Thinking Ahead: Transferable Skills

Nicola Abram - October 3, 2011

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…

The Final Year Panic

Heather Doran - August 25, 2011

I am fast approaching the final year of my PhD (come the 1st of September it will be official). The past two years have flown by so incredibly quickly. When I…

What Makes a PhD?

Heather Doran - June 15, 2011

The last few weeks haven’t been particularly successful and I have started to wonder what actually makes up a PhD. I thought I would have more time to think, read…

Diving In

Heather Doran - February 1, 2011

I tend to throw myself into things at 10000 miles an hour. Sometimes this can be good (I also have a small problem saying ‘no’ to things) and it has…

PhDs in the insurance industry

Haris Aziz - July 14, 2009

I went to a combinatorics meeting recently. Among the technical talks there was one talk by Dr. Angela Koller on graph theory in industry. Dr. Koller is a mathematician by…

Research: role of problem solving

Haris Aziz - January 23, 2009

Physicist Michael Nielsen has some good advice on problem solving in research. The following is his insight on the skills of a problem solving approach to research: Clarity, goals, and…

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