PhD

Academia Guest PhD 

Am I too old to do a PhD?

August 28, 2017August 29, 2017 James Bremner 8 Comments age, mature student, PhD, student

“I wouldn’t give the place to a 40 year old just looking to change careers.” It was a particularly quiet

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Academia PhD 

The viva is not the end of your PhD

July 17, 2017 Michelle Reeve 2 Comments amends, corrections, life, PhD, viva

PhDs are hard. Really hard. They take a big chunk of time and energy out of your life, and you

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Academia Guest PhD Science 

The rise and fall of an academic dream

June 5, 2017December 13, 2017 Billy Hinchen 5 Comments Academia, career, lab, PhD, science

Is it time I let go of the academic dream? I seem to have been battling with this question for

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Academia Guest 

Will we all turn into our supervisors one day?

May 8, 2017May 8, 2017 Maria Afonso 0 Comments Academia, emails, PhD, supervisors

PhD students are busy, it’s a given. And even though we all complain about it, everyone ends up accepting the

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Academia Guest PhD 

Viennese Whirls: The Bittersweet Flavour of Failure

March 13, 2017May 5, 2017 Alex Evans 0 Comments Academia, baking, failure, mental health, PhD, shadow cv, stress

What those in dying business sectors call failure, we in tech know to be pre-greatness – Gavin Belson, CEO of

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Academia PhD 

What happened in my PhD viva – a tale of nerves

February 27, 2017March 1, 2017 Michelle Reeve 5 Comments Academia, imposter syndrome, PhD, PhD viva, PhDchat, Presentations, Sally, viva

So, the first post of Clutter. What shall I write about? Something cheery? That would be ideal. But I’d instead

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