Sharing this open #paleofire#PhD position at the University of Aberdeen, UK 🔥
Apply Raman spectroscopy to #peatland cores and experimentally burned samples to reconstruct fire intensity changes throughout the past millennia- sounds like a great project!
Sex and the epigenome: Fully funded PhD to investigate how reproductive mode influences epigenetic inheritance. Based in Nelson, New Zealand. Position open until filled.
Good thread @mattblaze on PhD application processes for potential candidates.
It is written with STEM in mind but applies to social sciences as well. All disciplines, really.
My 2 cents: Individual profs don't usually make acceptance decisions on their own. They don't have power on admissions policies, scholarships, or visas.
Universities need to be more transparent on the actual process of acceptance.
Cleaning my academic CV. I sort of forgot that I wrote three papers with just my two #phd supervisors.
I was funded on an interdisciplinary grant, and both didn't really know the topic.
The first true feedback I would get after submission to the journals. Luckily they trained me well, being critical of my own work in the context of the literature and having me seek out other opinions.
Happy to host Polina Rusanova, between Oct 2023 and Jan. 2024, for her #PhD internship. Her thesis title is "Moving towards a sustainable use of #fisheries resources: Nutritional quality, #contaminants, #bioactive compounds, and new bycatch based #food", Università Di #Palermo, Italy.
It breaks my heart thinking about all the #students who were ready to start their new #MSc or #phd in foreign countries and now they have to give up because they cannot travel from many more countries other than #Israel and #Palestine
I'm trying to commission an illustrator who will turn somebody's PhD (on the subject of history solidarity / peace / anti-nuclear warfare in the 1980s) into a comic book strip / big cartoon-y poster. Not sure sure where to go looking - any ideas?
Online event for #PhD students offered by #Roskilde University: "Doing a PhD Whilst the House is on Fire. How to navigate academic development at a time of unprecedented crisis"
Date: 7th of November 2023 from 13.00 - 16.00 (CET)
I'm in a tough point in my #PhD journey as changes in supervisory team are slowing things down and leaving me with a lot of uncertainty, while of course, I have like 1K of deadlines approaching.
So, for the first time in my life, I'm publicly admitting my mental health is in need of a boost, so please send good vibes :)
Cute pictures to remind me the beauty of our world are also welcome!
I start:
Here is my little cat Caffè tacitly reminding me the subtle art of not giving a f*
Conversation this morning: I'm so tired I can't write my PhD, but I can't rest because I feel guilty for not working... when I am dead will I still feel the need to be productive all the time? @academicchatter#phd
I'm affiliated with the program -- let me know if you have questions about it!
All students get funded. The program is particularly interested in recruiting Canadian students in the MA program. (International students are also very welcome to apply!)
Hello everyone, please support my Visualise Your Thesis entry by watching my video on this link. People's choice award is based on number of views, so please feel free to watch many times 😁
Currently writing an article that should be 8,000 words. I am now at 17,000 and I, as a beginner in professional academic writing, need some advice. I know I am the kind of person who thinks through writing. This means that I have probably written a lot that can be cut and left out.
But how do I learn to write reasonably lengthy papers? I swear I thought my topic and questions could be addressed in 8,000 words. I had an outline ... with word counts per section. Still, it went completely off the rails.
(This will be a very long list by the end of the year if I keep it up. We'll see.)
Your statements are basically done after the first few deadlines. I always thought I'd customize extensively for each school.
Nope.
On a week like this (with so many apps due Sep 15), you just don't have time. You have to trust that you already put in the work with your base template. It's a mental shift from fellowship apps.
Going back to the #JobTalk, I like Betty Lai's advice emphasizing the need to tell a story with your talk.
I generally enjoy presenting my research to an audience (mostly as an escape from writing), but the job talk is a completely different genre. Still learning the rules but getting better.