Does a Ph.D. really have to take a thousand years to complete? I’ve compiled a list of suggestions to help you overcome various physical, intellectual, and emotional hurdles to degree completion
Category: Tips & Tricks
Tips for Career – How to Face an Interview for Lecturer Post
To be a good lecturer you need to have a number of positive attributes. A lecturer is primarily expected to be a good teacher above everything else, who will be able to arrest the attention of the students and encourage them to learn new things and gain more knowledge. A good lecturer is able to […]
How to Juggle a Full-Time Job and a Part-Time PhD
I was concerned that they might question my ability to balance a full-time (and full-on) career with doctoral studies in a topic completely unrelated to the industry I work in.
How NOT to Write a PhD Thesis – Top 10 Tips for Doctoral Failure!
In this article, Tara Brabazon gives her top ten tips for doctoral failure
10 Tips for Writing a Successful PhD Thesis
Writing up a PhD can often take place in a frenzy of activity in the last few months of your degree study, after years of hard work. But there are some steps that you can take to increase your chances of success.
Top Tips for a Tip-Top Lecture
Knowing how to lecture well, therefore, is a crucial skill to master. Consider using the tips below to introduce students to—and stimulate their enthusiasm.
Top PhD Entrance Exams in India
The top PhD entrance exams in India that are conducted at national level to award degree in Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD).
Do You Still Call People Sir or Ma’am? Stop it!
It’s worked for hundreds of years, so why change now?: You’ve probably been taught to call elders and those in authority by either sir or ma’am (madam is the formal version, but ma’am is more common). Unfortunately, it can be insulting to many people and so I want to challenge you change how you address people.
Finishing your PhD thesis: 15 top tips from those in the know
Trying to complete a PhD thesis in time for the October deadline? We share some advice on getting over that final hurdle Everyone wants their thesis to be amazing. Many PhD students are now in the final throes of writing their thesis. Turning years of research into a single, coherent piece of work can be […]
The key to a successful PhD thesis?
We need to step out beyond the safety of footnotes and the words of big-name scholars to reach a level of academic independence. Writing a PhD thesis: the temptation is to show that you’ve read everything in your field. In the last couple of months of completing my law thesis I found myself struggling to […]