Online communities for PhD students
Being a PhD student can sometimes feel a little isolating, although those of us based in the lab are lucky enough to have an built in community, that doesn’t mean we can’t also look outside of the lab, our departments and our institutions for people to talk to and discuss PhD life with. For humanities and […]
The elusive work/life balance
I’ve spoken about work life balance before and how I have to work hard to maintain it. Recently the issue of overworking in research science (and by all researchers, STEM or otherwise) has been brought up due to a recently published article on the Science website called “Getting noticed is half the battle”, it was […]
Jobs for life
Dear Royal Society, I recently read the THE article covering your report that discusses how we PhD students believe we’re walking into “a job for life” by gaining a PhD. I can only personally speak for my discipline, biological sciences, however judging by comments on Twitter and on the article itself I think I’m being […]
A little Friday afternoon procrastination
I know the majority of people are currently revising like mad for Jan exams but once you start a PhD you can leave that world behind. I’m not saying we don’t work hard, as I’ve said before it’s much more like having a job then being a student, and I’m definitely not trying to rub it in […]
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