#PhDchat

Choosing a #PhD advisor is one of the most important decisions a grad student can make. With limited knowledge, you want to ensure that your working environment is healthy and

Hey #AcademicTwitter - do you have extra funds in your research account due to cancelled conferences this spring? Reallocate the funds to support your graduate students. Here are some suggestions:

Been thinking a lot since March about starting to post some small (hopefully) helpful advice on how to get a #PhD, what to do once you have one, the good

✨Jazz is Making Progress

A brief thread: I have found that most people don't know that being a professor entails more than teaching. #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #phdchat 1/ It's easy to get frustrated when you

Muhamad Alif Bin Ibrahim (Alif)

Currently listening to a webinar by @thesiswhisperer on 'How to write: Clearer sentences'. Excited to hear her tips and exercises to apply to my thesis writing! #phdchat #phdlife We are

Jorge J Rodríguez V

The advice I continue giving folks looking into PhD programs is to look for an advisor who is kind. Don’t look for the “most brilliant” advisor. Look for the person

Submitted my first ever abstract for a conference yesterday evening. Absolutely terrified. Any tips for a potential first time conference attendee?@AcademicChatter #phdchat #phdlife I'm absolutely overwhelmed by all the responses!

Career Conversations

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I HATE the term "PhD student" because people throw it into one pot with 1st year http://B.Sc students and forget the two degrees that we acquired before our PhD.Also, we

Gábor Kismihók

It was a pleasure to lead an #ESOF2020 discussion on sustainable research careers with the contribution of @EvaHnatkova @ACophignon @francardells and the support from @Eurodoc, @Mariecurie_alum and @TIBHannover Here are

hAndy-washy Aydın-Aitchison

Isolation starting to play with my mind as I start contemplating the possibility of doctoral supervision through the medium of Vincent Price...A thread that might grow, add your favourite Vince

We are going to be running a series of anon questions that revolve around applying for grad school! If you are applying & have questions, or struggled with something when

Today I read The Crying of Lot 49 in preparation for a seminar. It took me 2h10m. My contract pays me for a half-hour's preparation time. Which means I get

Daphne M. Penn, PhD 💕💚

People often describe applying for or winning competitive fellowships as a crapshoot. However, I think that’s only true after the initial round of reviews/at the shortlist phase. #phdchat #academictwitter 1/7

Jooyoung Lee🥋

A question & poll for fellow qualitative scholars: Do you recommend qualitative grad students do the 3-paper dissertation or the “book draft” option? I did the latter, but have been

The audacity of my university which pays me below a living wage and has given me EXTRA work this summer (of which I am not funded), asking me to email

LongCOVID in Academia

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From an anonymous PhD student living with #LongCovid: "Long Covid is absolutely terrifying and completely traumatising. Not knowing what was going on with my body for months on end was