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…
I recently received an interesting reader question(edited for anonymity):Assalamu alaikum (Peace be upon you). Greeting from Far Away.Thank you Dr Eva for your valuable blog. I am going to start my PhD abroad soon. I need to know the minimum…
One tool I use a lot is the Pomodone app for the pomodoro technique. You can use it on your desktop, or your phone - it's a cloud-based application. What sets the free version of Pomodone (I haven't tried the…
Here's my template for the fall semester. I use color coding for the different major activities: writing, research, email+admin, appointments, MSc + PhD student appointments, service, workouts, personal time.The date range you are seeing in September has one particularity, which…
I've been writing about finding more joy in the past, and on how my focus changed from trying to log one enjoyable thing per day to creating memories.As I am writing this, in a pandemic that will stretch on for…
I lowered my expectations for the summer semester, but it still hit me hard that I had to teach every day for 8 weeks. Surprisingly, I had not included the goals turn my course into a blended flexible course, program…
In these pandemic times, it's difficult to look back on what I planned in December 2019 for this year. For a few months, I simply did not look at my goals as it was too painful to see all my…
This semester, I've asked my students to fill out an "entrance ticket" questionnaire before the start of class. I've learned some technical things with regard to the use of qualtrics forms(and I noticed I received 34 responses for the 23…
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…
Today, I have the pleasure of inviting Ipek Saralar to share her experience in the PhD Defense. Ipek is a qualified mathematics teacher who works on designing lessons to improve students’ understanding of spatial geometry. She has worked, volunteered and…