This article, written by Holly Else for the Times Higher Education supplement, highlights the problems of anxiety and self doubt that can affect many PhD students during the three years or more of their degree. These problems arise, in part, form the isolation of PhD...
At the start of a PhD, three years can seem like a long time and when you have no pressure to complete something it is easy to put the work off until another day. While three years provides a reasonable buffer, a good rule of thumb is that everything will always take...
This article by Yuriy Baglaenko, a doctoral student in Canada, considers the value of a PhD in an increasingly competitive job market. The gist of the article is that, even though more people than ever before are graduating with PhDs, making it more difficult to rely...
Understanding and explaining the methodology behind your research is an important part of the PhD process and may even be allocated its own chapter in your final thesis. In developing and explaining your methodology you will probably come across the term,...