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Trying to Get Creative in my Work as a PhD Student
I don’t consider myself a very creative person. I used to think creativity didn’t really factor into my PhD journey. I’ve recently realised how untrue that is. In fact, one of the things I’ve learned is the need to be flexible and adaptable. At some point in my early career researcher life, it was necessary […]
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Finishing University
In my last exam, I was preoccupied with answering all the questions and trying to fit an entire semester’s worth of learning into my answers. My hand was sore from writing so many words. My notes were arranged in a disorganised mess all around me. I finished the final question and looked up. Time was […]
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Top Five Exam Study Tips
Unsurprisingly, if you google ‘exam study tips’ there are a lot of results that come up. I have found some of the most interesting tips (that aren’t your regular ‘don’t cram’) and distilled them into a summary for you here. Teach Someone I’ve used this one before (see 10 Study Tips for Exams), and I […]
Attention Span
There are some great old movies, but for a lot of them the pacing seems painfully slow. I got the important plot point the first time it was raised. Did the film really need to try to explain it with no added information over and over again for 20 minutes?
Get up early
Do yourself a favour and get up early. As much as I am a fan of routines, sometimes it pays to break them.
Surviving Your Honours Year
Honours is a state of flux. You’re either honing skills in research, initiative, and commitment in order to appeal to potential employers, or you’re fostering relationships, good impressions, and connections with potential PhD supervisors. Hanging over your head the whole time is the knowledge that, ultimately, if all goes to plan, someone will eventually need […]
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Thank You, EndNote
It has taken me until my fourth year of tertiary education to download EndNote, after hearing whispers of it for the last couple of years. And gee, I’m glad I did.
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Throwback to the Stickies app
I recently saw another student in class using a sticky note app on her desktop. I completely forgot about this fantastic piece of technology between first experimenting with it in high school (several years ago) and now. In case you’ve forgotten, the Stickies app looks like you have post-it notes stuck to your computer desktop, […]
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Fancy Piece of Paper
I’m almost at the end of my degree. Four years of lectures, study, and the journey of overcoming intense procrastination. What have I gotten out of this? What was it all for?
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