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Early Career Academic Supervisor Tips
Posted On March 8, 2021

I am relatively new to supervising research students. I have had one completed honours student, who I am now supervising in a PhD, and this year I have 6 honours …

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Work Update
March 2, 2021

It has been a long time since I have provided an update post on the blog, and you have potentially noticed that my posts are less frequent, so I thought …


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‘Research Managed’: Keeping on top of the literature
February 19, 2021

One of the biggest shifts I have noticed going from PhD student to Early Career Academic, is that I no longer feel immersed in my research area. New papers come …


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A year on from my Viva.
February 5, 2021

It has been a year since I defended my PhD. A year since I was called Dr. Le Busque for the first time and well, what a year it has …


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PhDiaries: 14th May 2016
January 24, 2021

The proposal meeting which will be held in August is edging closer and I am extremely nervous to get up and present my ideas in front of experts in the …


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Reflections from 2020; Is employment ever permenant?
December 19, 2020

I find reflecting on the year that was beneficial and I have three reflections from 2020 that I want to share in three different posts. These are in no particular …


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PhDiaries 12.03.2016
December 15, 2020

12th March 2016 Being a Saturday today meant that I didn’t do any work. This is novel as for my entire undergraduate experience I worked on weekends to support myself. I …


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My strategies for managing emails.
November 27, 2020

Emails are such an integral part of so many of our jobs. They can also be a cause of distraction and stress. I recently posted my tips for taking a …


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There will never be the ‘right time’ to make time for yourself.
October 28, 2020

“I am going to make time for myself when I finish my PhD”, “I am going to do [that thing i enjoy] after this teaching period ends”, “I am going …