I am sure that you, like me, have said to multiple people during your thesis experience that “My PhD is a job” or “I am going to work”. As PhD students we are so quick to defensively argue that our PhD is a job, but many of us are much less likely to actually treat it like one. We will […]
Click here for what I learnt during my second year of a PhD. That finishing a PhD in 3 years is (nearly) impossible- When I started my PhD, like many other PhD students at my uni, we anticipate, and plan to finish our thesis in three years. Barely any of us achieve that. Thinking about what comes after a PhD […]
Perhaps one of the most frustrating things about nearing the end of a PhD is the drafts. Obviously, drafts are essential because the feedback and ideas from supervisors is invaluable, however due to everyone in academia being time poor, receiving drafts can be time consuming. The draft waiting game can be frustrating but here are a few tips to hopefully […]
** In Collaboration ** Congratulations, you’ve done it! You’ve gotten through your first year of university and come out the other side a different person. You’ve learnt some more of your strengths and limitations, you’ve learnt how well you do in social settings, and you’ve learnt just how bad at keeping to a budget you are! Overall, you’ve learnt […]
**In Collaboration** If you’re a student, self-care is one of the most important things for you to stay on top of. Sure, your assignments are pretty important too, but if you’re not looking after yourself, you’ll soon spiral down into a bad place that you’ll struggle to get out of, and you won’t be able to do any assignments then. […]
Hi all! I am Laura (@duoluola on insta) from the Netherlands, currently in Spain, and I am writing a PhD on Chinese calligraphy – trying to connect different fields of practice that I think belong together. It’s been great, but now I am in the final phase of editing which is a bit less fun, and I am trying to tie […]
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 (for more info click here) which in basic terms says that being rewarded encourages behaviour to continue (or increase) and receiving consequences encourages behaviour to stop (or decrease). […]
