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I am ahead of schedule in terms of my interviews and transcribing. So my supervisor suggested that I use this time to plan how I'd like to organise my PhD thesis. I did…
- Hamizah Haji-Haidi
- May 28, 2019
When it comes to teaching, I want to be good. No, I want to be great! I want to inspire the same motivation in my students that I received from my own teachers. There's…
- Madeleine Kendrick
- May 28, 2019
My decision to leave academia was a combination of a very insecure future, the fierce competition of other postdocs, and the feeling that nobody seemed to want to invest…
I’m one of the few people who have been unfortunate enough to have to change my supervisory teams. This was partially because one of my supervisors left the university,…
- Madeleine Kendrick
- May 27, 2019
I have been working 8-10 hours every day this week, without procrastinating, and I still haven’t finished my literature review. I can totally see how people fail/miss…
- Anastasia Doronina
- May 27, 2019
If I were to honestly describe how I feel most days presently, I would say that I’M overwhelmed, achy, exhausted, and feel as if my head is about to explode. At the end…
- Anastasia Doronina
- May 27, 2019
As a young boy growing up in the Eastern Cape, pursuing a Master’s degree was never in any of my dreams. Actually, I was not even aware of anything related to a post…
Starting a PhD is like reliving your first day of school; it’s exciting, but also very daunting. You find yourself trying so hard to fit in and impress your peers and…
- Anastasia Doronina
- May 27, 2019
I am incredibly lucky. Not only do I get paid for doing what I love, but every day I get to bring my infant son with me, too. I don’t have to choose between work and…
For the first 11 weeks of my PhD, I didn’t spend any time working in the office. Changing cities, homes, and lifestyles was extremely overwhelming for me and I found…
- Anastasia Doronina
- May 27, 2019