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Sell your PhD; Editing
Posted On December 20, 2019

Read about the previous sell your PhD skills here. The fourth skill acquired through PhDs that I want to talk about is editing. I never realised how polished and efficient my …

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Feature day in the life of, Breann PhD candidate in nutritional biochemistry and molecular biology
November 13, 2019

Hey there! My name is Breann and I’m a 5th year PhD candidate in Nutritional Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (minor). This semester, I’m both working on my research and teaching …


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My First, First author publication
September 22, 2019

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 …


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‘Operation GTFO’- Using Operant Conditioning to get s*&t done.
January 18, 2019

  Being a psychology PhD student, I wanted to discuss one of my favourite psychology theoretical frameworks that I use to motivate myself. Operant Conditioning is a learning theory identified by Skinner …


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How to Avoid Little Things That Kick Your Life Out of Balance When Starting College
September 11, 2018

** In collaboration** So you are on your way to your new college campus and are both excited and anxious. There are plenty of things that might happen, and make you …


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Featured ‘Day in the life of’: Bianca, PhD student researching evolutionary and clinical psychology.
August 8, 2018

Hi! My name is Bianca, and I am a third year psychology PhD student from South Australia. My research is in evolutionary and clinical psychology, looking at how early life …


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Featured ‘Day in the life of’: Emily, PhD student investigating lung cancer.
July 31, 2018

Hello everyone! My name is Emily Richardson (click here for Instagram) and I am a PhD student at the University of Leicester, UK. My work centres around a specific type …


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Day-to-Day life of a PhD student: 25th June 2018
June 26, 2018

6:24am-  Early start this morning! The cold winter weather definitely makes it harder to get up. 6:42am: Coffee time! My Nespresso machine was well worth the money. 7:46am: Just got to work (early …


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Writing: But where do I start?
April 17, 2018

My good friend and fellow PhD student requested a blog post about how to start writing, as she is currently stuck. I have been struggling for blog post inspiration so …


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Five ways to celebrate “the small stuff”
March 28, 2018

In previous blog posts, I have wrote about how celebrating the small stuff is really important whilst working on your PhD (or doing any job or university degree for that …