Many academic conferences, workshops, and research visits take place during the teaching semester. As a result, we often find ourselves doubting whether we can attend a conference while our course is running. It can feel like a difficult juggling act,…
Meetings with your supervisor are often centered on the technical aspects of your research. You discuss your latest results, go over a draft, troubleshoot an experiment, or brainstorm the next steps. These conversations are invaluable, but they are only one…
Today's post is a guest post of Chay Allen. Chay holds a D.Phil. from the University of Oxford (Christ Church, 2015) and has spent fifteen years working as an academic editor. He is the founder of VivaCoach, which helps doctoral…
As I’ve been regularly reporting on my workouts, I wanted to share my new training split. I recently finished a summer of fairly unstructured training, maintaining my strength and simply lifting what felt good on the day. Now it is…
This post is part of the series PhD Talk for AcademicTransfer: posts written for the Dutch academic career network AcademicTransfer, your go-to resource for all research positions in the Netherlands. These posts are sponsored by AcademicTransfer, and tailored to those…
The fall semester is almost here again, which means that I am getting ready to go back to teaching. My fall semesters tend to be my heavier teaching semesters, and this year will be no exception. I will be teaching…
As always at the beginning of the semester, I set my priorities. Here’s what I will focus on: Submit four journal papers Work on deliverable of EU project Deliverables of fire safety project USFQ policy documents Proposal writing for TU…
My template for Fall 2026 is similar to what I've been using in past semesters - with the differences that I know I will get a lot of meetings slapped on top of it, that I will need to move…
As always at the end of the semester, I check in on my goals. Here’s how I did: Submit 3 journal papers: yes, I still manage to move my writing forward although more of it is supervision and collaboration EU…
As always at the end of the semester, I check the breakdown of my time. Below, you can find the breakdown. As always, I worked a bit less during the summer semester and also traveled between my institutions. Most of…
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