**In Collaboration** You might be tempted to write down your first choice before you have even seen the campus. Because you think you know about the university, the culture, the location and the people. But the truth is unless you are choosing a university in your hometown, you probably don’t have as much knowledge as you think you do. So […]
I am so proud (& a little relieved) that after a long time, I have my first, first author publication. My first research project from my PhD is up for the world to read (is expecting the entire world to read it a little much??? probably). The research explores how sharks are portrayed by the Australian Media on Facebook and […]
Not only did we have a bachelor with a PhD but the runner up of Survivor Australia 2019 was also a PhD student! Watching the show got me thinking…. a PhD is a little like Survivor. You eat a lot of rice and beans You need to defend your thesis to an advisory panel of experts like the Survivor finalists […]
Pinterest is so much more than wedding planning, procrastibaking, and house envy. It is one of my goto tools at work. One of the key elements of my job as a project manager in market research is data visualisation… and I love it! To me, data visualisation is science meets art. It is a way for me to be creative […]
Click here for what I learnt during my third year of a PhD. You can actually get a lot done in a short period of time- Before starting work full time I would be in my office for 9+ hours a day. Although in the last year or so I was definitely procrastinating less, I still found that I wasn’t […]
For my non-Australian readers, and for my Australian readers who unlike me are not addicted to reality TV, you may not be aware that the most eligible bachelor in Australia for 2019 is a PhD student. His name is Matt and he researchers in the area of astrophysics. For many people this means nothing apart from the fact that it […]
It has been a long time since I wrote a PhD update blog, the last was in April and a lot has changed since then…. mainly that I am now working full time which has obviously changed my PhD timelines a little bit. Between work, being sick, a few weekends away, moving house, and just trying to actually have a life, […]
