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🎓 New Video Drop: A Day in the Life of a Doctoral Student 🎥 Curious about the daily life of a doctoral student balancing studies, career, and everyday tasks? In my latest vlog, I’m sharing a real look into how I navigate these responsibilities. I also provide a detailed update on my doctoral journey, including where I stand with my prospectus form and the next steps in my research. If you're interested in the doctoral process, or simply want to see the reality behind the academic grind, this video offers valuable insights. I'd love for you to check it out and share your thoughts! Watch here :https://lnkd.in/gq7ifrGs #DoctoralJourney #PhDVlog #DayInTheLife #ProspectusUpdate #DoctoralStudent

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Before sending that cold email to a Potential PhD or Masters Advisor/Supervisor, read this👇 1. From Dr. Pedro Leão “We received over 1000 applications for 3 PhD positions (I know!🤯) Since not too long ago, I was on the other side of the table... I want to share 3 basic general tips for those applying for PhD positions and postdocs! 🧵 - Do your research! Understand what the group you want to join is doing and how it aligns with your interests. Knowing the group's activities is essential; linking your skills/interests to theirs is a HUGE plus *Especially for postdocs. Do the same, but for the whole department - Show that you are applying for THAT position, not for a random position. Following up from the previous advice. Most of the time, PhD applicants won't have experience in the research topic. That's ok! Showing legitimate interest in the topic goes a long way. - Pay attention to the application guidelines. As mentioned above, we receive an absurd amount of applicants. Follow the guidelines on which documents to send and how/where to send them! This may sound silly but makes a huge difference.” 1/n

Thanks to Gill Haddow, Professor and Director of the Early Career Academic Network in the School of Social and Political Sciences at Edinburgh, for bringing together a panel to talk about one of the rather painful #ResearcherRealities: Unsupported grants and what to do with them. Dr Eve Mullins and Prof Sarah Childs shared their experiences alongside me. I have written up the key take aways from the conversation for our Research Staff blog. Most importantly: Rejections are normal!!! 📌 Expect to be unsuccessful on first attempt. 📌 Know your institutional expectations. 📌 Understand the expectations regarding your funding profile for recruitment and promotion. 📌 Share your unsuccessful stories. 📌 Identify the obstacles. 📌 Develop your funding portfolio brick by brick. 📌 Don't underestimate timing. 📌 Control the controllables. 📌 Create visibility for your ideas. 📌 Have a strong personal and professional support network to (re)gain perspective. 📌 Have a diverse support network. https://edin.ac/494seR6

How to increase your chances of winning a fully funded PhD in a cutthroat competition? 🌟💰✈️📚Here are some tips that can help: 1. Reach out to professors via cold-emails. This is a great way to stand out and let them know about your research ideas before they are bombarded with applications.📈 2. Tailor your CV to match the lab's profile. Highlight your research interests, experience, key skills, relevant workshops and training that align with the professor's research area.📄 3. Contact existing grad school students and seek advice about the application process. Don't hesitate to clarify your doubts with them. 4. Give your Statement of Purpose (SoP) your all. While you can't change your grades or research experience, a convincing SoP can make all the difference.📚 5. In your SoP, highlight the gaps and challenges you wish to address in your field, demonstrate how you can use your past experiences to contribute to the grad program and the lab, and how you can add value to the university.✈️ Remember, a strong CV, cold-email, and SoP can give you the fully funded PhD you deserve. Don't let the competition or your past hold you back. Have you found these tips useful? Share your thoughts below! 🙌👏👏

Hugely recommend this blog post by Anna Pilz on what to do with unsuccessful grants - there's some really excellent advice for those of you applying for funding, or dealing with that dreaded email to tell you your application wasn't successful. Funding rejections are so much more common than we think - I regularly work with researchers to apply for schemes with success rates of <10%, so based on the numbers alone, most applications are unsuccessful. We definitely don't talk about this enough, and I think sometimes we as researcher developers can forget that applying for funding is an emotional process as much as an academic and logistical one. It might help if, as Anna says, we start to normalise rejections. They suck, but they don't mean that your research isn't valuable (and they don't mean that you're not a great researcher, either!).

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Did you know that TRIO theses are opportunities to expand your knowledge, build on your passions, and collaborate with others in the field? New candidate materials are due August 15th. Learn more about the process and get started today! https://lnkd.in/ewpAaFhx #Triological #ENT

Navigating private sector job applications can be challenging due to industry jargon and complex titles... I am hearing more and more peers and colleagues who are about to leave academia with little or no idea where to go next. They are rightfully confused about the post-academic landscape for PhDs, as nobody tells them or knows what the world outside the lab is like. I encountered this crossroad during my postdoc days, facing the challenge of navigating the process and figuring out where to begin. I asked myself: Should I simply apply for online scientist positions without truly understanding their implications? Or should I first gain a comprehensive understanding of the post-academia job landscape and then make an informed choice accordingly? Guess which one I chose :) Check the rest of the story on my new substack the BA Newsletter : https://lnkd.in/dsJrE9FD

Three months ago, after receiving a new work contract, when I went to the Foreigners' Office to renew my residence card, the staff asked me: “Are you planning to give up your PhD?” [Am I?] I asked myself in my heart. This is a question I have been contemplating for nearly two years. Should I give up? Countless nights, I repeatedly ask myself. Am I interested in my research topic? Is that the thing I truly love? – Of course, I am absolutely certain of this. But why can’t I continue? – I don’t know. Perhaps it’s the complex theories and academic frameworks that have undermined my confidence in my research, leading me to question my abilities. Perhaps it’s the long, solitary commitment to a single field, with nobody to discuss my research, or the sense of meaningless theoretical discourse without applying data to real-world scenarios. Thus, I want to return to the industry to explore the application of data analysis in practical life and communicate with real people. Will I stop my PhD research? 🤔 – I still can’t decide at the moment. 🌵 But life is inherently full of uncertainties and challenges, so I just hope to live in the present and do whatever I want to do! 💪