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Some Important Tips Needed To Survive A PhD by kinibigdeal(m): 8:22pm On Mar 13, 2015 |
Tip 1 – Academics need you: Most are keen to speak to any potential student who has a good research idea as a good record of successful PhD supervisions is essential to build a successful academic career. Don’t be afraid to approach a potential supervisor directly. There were not any suitable advertised studentships in the are which I live (and I did not want to move as I have a young family here), so I decided I needed to make my own opportunity. I developed a rudimentary research proposal and emailed every academic I could identify in my local region whose research interests seemed to fit. In the end I worked up a proposal with Newcastle University which we submitted for an ESRC 1+3 studentship in the open competition (I was awarded the scholarship but did not take it up, instead I opted to study via a different route – more on that in a subsequent post – but I thought the advice may be useful). http://thesiswhisperer.com/2012/07/16/surviving-a-phd-10-top-tips/ 47 Likes 8 Shares |
Re: Some Important Tips Needed To Survive A PhD by GboyegaD(m): 8:42pm On Mar 13, 2015 |
Yes all the points are true however, the most important to me is, nobody promised it is going to be easy as a dream that doesn't come with challenges to achieving it is no dream. 3 Likes |
Re: Some Important Tips Needed To Survive A PhD by abtywo(m): 9:00am On Mar 16, 2015 |
let me do my master before Ph D. |
Re: Some Important Tips Needed To Survive A PhD by Vicjustice: 9:00am On Mar 16, 2015 |
Unfortunately, as there is no grant or supporting scheme in Nigeria, only the comfortable ones attain to this level, a poor person can not get there no matter how educationally smart s/he is or how much desire s/he has 6 Likes |
Re: Some Important Tips Needed To Survive A PhD by Nobody: 9:01am On Mar 16, 2015 |
I needed this. God see me tru. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Some Important Tips Needed To Survive A PhD by bastien: 9:02am On Mar 16, 2015 |
All these for certificate? And u say person without certificate go lead/rule me, God forbid U think say na beans to read over night 5 Likes |
Re: Some Important Tips Needed To Survive A PhD by JSmart4u(m): 9:02am On Mar 16, 2015 |
nice write up OP,still expecting more from you |
Re: Some Important Tips Needed To Survive A PhD by IleIfe2(m): 9:02am On Mar 16, 2015 |
I'm not sure about the word count part though. 40 - 48 thousand words for a paper ![]() |
Re: Some Important Tips Needed To Survive A PhD by Nobody: 9:02am On Mar 16, 2015 |
okay....till then. lemme finish my first degree dis year first. |
Re: Some Important Tips Needed To Survive A PhD by BUSHHUNTER: 9:03am On Mar 16, 2015 |
Cool. |
Re: Some Important Tips Needed To Survive A PhD by Azwealth(m): 9:03am On Mar 16, 2015 |
So true.......you have to prepare your mind for the challenges ahead too |
Re: Some Important Tips Needed To Survive A PhD by tiamiyukunle69(m): 9:03am On Mar 16, 2015 |
Nice but make I gather money first before PhD go follow. No time 1 Like |
Re: Some Important Tips Needed To Survive A PhD by Olarewajub: 9:04am On Mar 16, 2015 |
This post is very insightful. Thumbs up @Op |
Re: Some Important Tips Needed To Survive A PhD by layinkakeem(m): 9:06am On Mar 16, 2015 |
Does this affect the devaluation of naira ![]() ![]() |
Re: Some Important Tips Needed To Survive A PhD by wunmi590(m): 9:06am On Mar 16, 2015 |
So this is what Jonathan Ebele Azikwe Goodluck went through to achieve his Phd. God bless you GEJ As for me and my family and some patriotic Nigerians we are voting for you BTW: I will soon join you, just finshed my PGD, my masters on point very soon 3 Likes |
Re: Some Important Tips Needed To Survive A PhD by dustydee: 9:16am On Mar 16, 2015 |
Tip 9 – It is worth it: Completing the PhD, for me at least, was an anti-climax. There were no trumpets or angels, no being carried through the university on the shoulders of my peers, no huge pay-rise or immediate offers of employment, not even any champagne (although there was, strangely, many flavours of Schnapps..). However 6 months on from the viva and corrections it feels worth it. Its a validation of your research skills and prowess., you feel a little more authoritative when speaking to peers or students (although inside you know that you are not any smarter than before), and you have survived – almost mentally intact.This is deep. For me it is more about personal satisfaction than anything else. 5 Likes |
Re: Some Important Tips Needed To Survive A PhD by tartar9(m): 9:18am On Mar 16, 2015 |
Tip 10-you'll be needing one truckload of nescafe coffee 1 Like |
Re: Some Important Tips Needed To Survive A PhD by Nobody: 9:19am On Mar 16, 2015 |
What are the tips to making that PHD grade at Masters level? 2 Likes |
Re: Some Important Tips Needed To Survive A PhD by Nobody: 9:20am On Mar 16, 2015 |
ATOB:what do u mean? Did you mean distinction? |
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