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5 Ways you can be Productive in 5 Minutes
Posted On April 2, 2020

Click here to watch the YouTube video version of this post! Organise that Inbox Find that doi for that one reference you have had highlighted for a month Do a …

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Featured ‘Day in the Life’: Rada, PhD candidate in technical sciences.
April 1, 2020

Hi everyone!  I am Rada and I am a final year PhD Candidate in technical sciences at the University of Belgrade, Serbia. My research is focused on developing machine learning models …


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PhD Survival Guide; What comes after the proposal?
March 30, 2020

  So your proposal is conferred and you are officially a PhD Candidate (Happy Dance Please!!!). But…. what is next? The exact trajectory of each PhD student is unique because we each have …


Life  / Study
Life In Isolation #1
March 26, 2020

As like most of us around the world, I am currently in self-isolation. Here in Australia we are not yet in official lock down but we are advised to only …


Careers
The gap between PhD & Industry is too wide
March 26, 2020

This is a topic that I am particularly passionate about being a PhD candidate, like many others, who went into the industry. I am part of what is called a …


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Adjusting to Life after Thesis
March 11, 2020

Something I don’t think is talked about enough is adjusting to life after thesis. People had off-handily mentioned that it can be hard to know what to do once your …


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Types of industry jobs you can apply for with a PhD
February 20, 2020

There is so much more than academia for PhD graduates and many of us are looking for these other options so I wanted to provide a list of some of …


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PhD Survival Guide; How to prepare for a presentation
February 16, 2020

Oral presentations terrify many of us. Even confident extroverts would often avoid presenting a long speech. However, for better or worse presentations are a key part of a PhD and …


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PhD Survival Guide; How to grapple with criticism
February 10, 2020

The world of research and academia is critical. Full stop. No ifs or buts… your work will get criticised. The very basis of publication involves ‘peer review’, which is where …


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How I am preparing for a Viva.
January 31, 2020

I am in the midst of preparing for my Viva (verbal defence)!  For some context; as I have written in previous blog posts, my University is one of the first in …