Academics move a lot. Sometimes they move to the next city, sometimes they move half-way across the world. It is one of those things that many people don’t realize about academia. People...
Category: phd
A Day in the Life of a Successful PhD Student (You Need To Know)
If you are thinking about starting a PhD, you may be wondering what a PhD student does all day. This isn’t really a career move that many people talk about. Most people when they finish...
Problem & Solution Often the life of a PhD is idealized. People think that a PhD is a period in which people have the freedom and flexibility to work on whatever they want, whenever...
The first year of my PhD was rough. I had financial issues, lived in an awful apartment, my partner lived 6 hours away, and to top it all off I felt like I didn’t belong in a PhD program. I...
Searching for a research topic in the social sciences can be a daunting task. The way people behave and interact with each other is complex and the possibilities for study can seem endless....
How Are PhD Students Evaluated? (A Guide On Assessing The Performance Of Grad Students)
Assessing the performance Before I started my PhD I knew very little about how PhD students were evaluated. Through a bit of research and my own experience I have found that evaluation for PhD...