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Side Hustles For PhD students
Posted On November 24, 2020

**In Collaboration**  Studying is hard right, and if we are going to get the best outcome, we need to put in as much focus, energy and passion into our PhD as …

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The two paths of academia- intertwined or isolated?
November 9, 2020

There are two distinct paths within academia. Teaching and Research. The way that academics journey down these paths is individual, some will never stray from the research path, some will …


Academia
My approach to reading teaching evaluations
October 8, 2020

As I am a teaching academic, teaching evaluations are an important part of my role. They contribute to my KPIs and allow me to determine how I am going with …


Academia
How do you define Work Life Balance?
September 28, 2020

I started writing a blog post which was intended to be a list of my tips for achieving Work Life Balance as an Early Career Researcher/ Academic. When I started …


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Assumptions about me…
September 25, 2020

A few weeks ago, I set up a question poll on Instagram and asked people to state their assumptions about me and/or my PhD journey….   “Your PhD journey feels like a …


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The types of lists Early Career Researchers should be keeping
September 17, 2020

Early Career Researchers often have a lot going on, between researching, teaching, and administration. There are a few lists ECRs should be keeping and continually adding too. Keeping the lists …


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Musings on Imposter Syndrome
September 3, 2020

Ah, the big ‘I’ word. A PhD seems to be synonymous with Imposter Syndrome. Everytime I do a Q&A on Instagram or ask what kind of content people want to …


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PhD Survival Guide: Tips for fitting a PhD in around full time work
September 1, 2020

Cafes are your best friend-  I like to get to the city early before work to sneak in 1-1.5 hours of PhD work with a coffee. Stay back at …


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PhD Survival Guide: How to start the discussion chapter
August 23, 2020

I think it was when I started writing the discussion chapter that I could actually see the light at the end of the long, long, long PhD Tunnel. Here are my …


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PhD Survival Guide; The Slump
June 1, 2020

*This is a throw back post that I originally published in 2018, when I was in the damn slump* When I first started my PhD two years ago, I heard whispers …