I have written before about how I, as a PhD supervisor, onboard my PhD students. In that post, I shared the checklist I use to make sure a new PhD candidate has the information, access, and structure they need to…
Friday has a particular feeling in academic life. By the time it arrives, your energy may be lower, your to-do list may still be longer than you had hoped, and your mind may already be drifting toward the weekend. For…
For many years, most of my international academic travel revolved around conferences, and then my annual research stay in Delft. I would travel to present a paper, chair a session, attend committee meetings, meet colleagues, and learn about the latest…
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…
Many research projects involve partners from different universities, countries, disciplines, or sectors. When you work in a consortium, organizing a workshop is often part of the project activities. These workshops can be especially important when you are the consortium lead,…
From the outside, conference travel and project travel can look almost identical. In both cases, you may be away from your office and teaching duties for one or two weeks. You need to book transportation and accommodation, rearrange meetings, prepare…
Work-life balance is a challenge in academia. The work is rarely finished: there is always another paper to read, proposal to write, lecture to prepare, or email to answer. The flexibility of academic work can be an advantage, but it…
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…
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