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My PhD Story Part 2
Posted On July 16, 2020

Click here to read part 1 Second year arrived quickly, and I had settled into the groove of being a PhD student. I was busy, but I had come to accept …

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Featured Day in the Life of; Philandr, first year business science PhD student from South Africa.
April 29, 2020

Hi there! I am Philandra, a first-year business science PhD student from South Africa. As a first year, my current commitment is to complete compulsory course work and spend hours …


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Featured Day in the Life of: Nina, Molecular and Cellular Biology Masters student
September 18, 2019

Hey! My name is Nina and I’m in my second year of my Molecular and Cellular Biology Master. Currently, I’m doing a 6-month lab rotation at Yale, where I’m working …


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‘Operation GTFO’ How I found writing my introduction chapters.
May 28, 2019

The introduction chapters are a weird part of the thesis process. I thought I would write them throughout my three years – in between doing all the research for my …


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Featured ‘Day in the life of’: Philippa, Geography and Heritage PhD student.
March 25, 2019

Hi, I'm Philippa a second year PhD student in Geography and Heritage Studies at Newcastle University (UK) (@philippa_carter on Instagram and Twitter). I'm researching landscape and intergenerational memory in North …


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Day-to-Day life of a PhD student: 4th March 2019
March 5, 2019

6.58am-  Up, dressed, face on, and coffee in hand! 9.39am-  I had to stop off to buy lunch on the way to work but got to the office just after 9. …


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PhD Update, January
January 14, 2019

  In my last PhD update post from November I was whinging about my lack of motivation. I am happy to report that I am back on track with motivation (as …


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PhD Wrap up: 2018
December 24, 2018

Aside from all the adventures I experienced in 2018, lots of PhD work was also achieved (although maybe not as much as I hoped). 2018 PhD Wrap Up I finished analysing my …


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University Won’t Leave You Smiling If You Don’t Visit A Dentist For The Duration
September 27, 2018

** In collaboration**  Going to university is like spreading your wings. No more having to tell your parents where you’re going, or explain why you stumbled in so late (within reason). …


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Out Of The Frying Pan And Into The Fire: From Education To The Working World
September 13, 2018

** In Collaboration** For monetary reasons, the majority of us have to jump straight into work just weeks after leaving education. You can forget spending a summer slumming it. The best …