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The Shaw Prize Foundation based in Hong Kong announced the winners of the 2019 Shaw Prize on May 21. The prestigious award, widely regarded as the "Nobel of the East,"…
Lately, I've been captured by the idea of putting the philosophy back into a PhD. I was doing data exploration for my work and just hit a wall. I could not move forward…
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  • May 28, 2019
I always pictured a “career” as a series of steps leading up a mountain. The journey is sometimes tiring and tough, but there are exciting things to see and do along the…
Editage released a comprehensive report based on a global author survey capturing the views of over 7000 researchers on different aspects of scholarly publishing. In the…
As a PhD student who was constantly penalised in their high school years for ‘unclear writing’ and ‘needs structure,’ I understand the impact of good feedback, and …
When I was an undergraduate student, I looked at the PhD demonstrators as people who had the answers to everything. They had all the answers. I then applied for my own…
My supervisor is supportive and cares both about the project and me as a person, both pastorally and in terms of my development. She supports and encourages without…
Phew! I made it. Saturday marked the final set of tasks associated with Semester 1 of grad school. Having survived one semester, I know that I can survive the rest. And…
Early this morning, I made my way to a school for fieldwork. Only to reach there and wait at the school reception for slightly more than half an hour! I was already…
Last weekend, my husband frowned and turned to me in the middle of watching ‘Gordon Ramsey’s Kitchen Nightmares’ one night. He wanted to ask a question: “Are you making…