Category: Academic Life
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Visualising Paper Co-Author Collaboration Networks
As part of my job as an academic, a large part of what I do involves producing new knowledge by publishing research papers with other fellow researchers, As I was…
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PhD Update: I Passed My Viva
This is just a short blog post to update you on a major milestone in my career and, in my life. Last week, I successfully defend my PhD thesis. 🎉🥳…
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How I Learnt to Manage the Impostor Syndrome in Academia
If there’s one thing I have experienced throughout my entire time as a PhD student and early career researcher, it is the impostor syndrome. It is the horrible feeling and…
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Easily Distracted? How to Focus On Writing the PhD Thesis
Following on from my previous post about what I’ve learnt from writing up my PhD thesis, writing up a PhD thesis is no easy task and requires years of hard…
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What I’ve Learnt From Writing up My PhD Thesis
Very few people in life will find themselves in a situation where they are required to write up a rather lengthy document such as a PhD thesis. If you’re reading…
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Let the Research Begin
For those of you who have paid close attention to my life recently will know that I have just started my PhD. I’m very much excited to get things going…
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I’m going to be a Ph.D student!
As the title suggests, as of October 2018 (this year) I will become a student. This is something in life I never thought I would ever achieve, but nevertheless, it…