Dr Zahid Ismail Being a businessman and a corporate executive throughout my entire career, never had I thought I would eventually navigate this path to pursue my PhD in Mechanical Engineering in the area of Engineering Management. I knew all along that my technical...
“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” Kofi Annan Why do a PhD? For the money? This is one reason, for some it is a very good reason. But for most this cannot be the main reason....
Increasingly, doctoral candidates seeking a career within academia find it necessary to build up a publication record concurrent to writing their thesis. Usually, this will take the form of writing journal articles, either as the sole author, or as the co-author...
In this article, published on the Northern Ireland Science Park website, a new scheme for doctoral students is discussed. The scheme, aimed at bridging the gap between PhD study and working in industry, will provide opportunities for students in science and...
In this interesting article by Imogen Mathers, Mozambique’s education minister, Augusto Jone Luis, answers questions regarding the country’s policy to increase the number of graduates with PhDs and Masters degrees that are relevant to the future...
If you are studying for a maths or physics PhD and wondering what to do when you graduate then you may be interested in this Guardian article by Richard Adams. It explains the Department of Education’s plans to attract graduates with maths or physics PhDs into...
