I've noticed that I've been wanting to compare my weekly templates from previous semesters, but did not keep track of them. So I decided to put my weekly template for the Summer of 2020 here, for reference (week of June…
I recently ran a poll on Twitter to learn which % of PhD students do their PhD in part-time. In my research group in Delft, I've seen the number of part-time PhD students increase and of the two (soon two…
I recently ran a poll on Twitter to learn how much time it takes it get a PhD - in number of years. The results are sort of expected: 1/3rd takes less than 4 years, 1/3rd between 4 and 5…
As the year ran to an end, I did a poll to see if other people plan their goals for the next year.Here's the outcome for the poll:Do you plan for the next year?— Dr Eva Lantsoght (@evalantsoght) December 23,…
As you may have read from my previous post, I tend to plan per semester and per year.For 2020, I hope to do the following things from my list o dreams:1. Build our house2. Visit the Amazon jungle3. Go on…
I've been planning most of my goals per semester, with some goals from my list of 100 dreams for my goals per year.Here's a list of my goals from 2019:1. Visit the Quilotoa loopYes! We went in the spring and…
On March 14th, I gave a presentation for the opening of the academic year as part of the XV week of Postgraduate Studies for the School of Engineering at Universidade de Sao Paolo in Sao Carlos. The topic of this…
I ran a poll on Twitter to identify which method is most popular for planning: lists, tasks, or a calendar. The most popular method seems to be lists, but more than anything, I learned from this poll that every person…
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 ran a poll on Twitter to see what drive the day of academics. Do we mostly plan our days based on a weekly template, based on our to do lists, based on what is in our mailbox, or…
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