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PhD Update: I Passed My Viva

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. 🎉🥳 It’s a great achievement, and it’s something thing I never thought I would ever do. Having spend the past

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 I know for sure that I am not the only one who has experience this. It’s quite common

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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 work. The journey of writing up the PhD is never as linear as we would like it to be

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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 this post you might very well be a PhD student yourself or familiar with the process at least. Whether