Here’s the first of the submissions we received and the second guest piece from Biology’s Amanda Tracey. Follow the many links and be richly rewarded with GIFs, arguably the cultural focal point of today’s emerging community of scholars.
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What Makes Grad School Worth It? – Guest Contributor Amanda Tracey
Tagged with: de/motivation, existential crises, student-supervisor relationship, TAing
Posted in General, New Students, Student Perspective, Thesis
Posted in General, New Students, Student Perspective, Thesis
Backup, backup, backup: Why you should use Dropbox
Before I start, remember that we are currently taking applications to become a blogger at Gradifying! Submit your application today to gradify@queensu.ca! With the end of the semester approaching and people frantically writing papers, or starting to assemble their theses/dissertations,…
Tagged with: degree progress, Grad Student Life, publish, QSpace, thesis, time management
Posted in General, International Study, New Students, Student Perspective, Thesis
Posted in General, International Study, New Students, Student Perspective, Thesis
Thoughts for a New Semester: A Trick of Perspective
And so it is we’ve found ourselves again in the last week of classes for the Winter semester, which means that, although grad school is a year-round affair, the comparative lull called Summer is upon us. The current weather suggests…
Posted in New Students
Graduate Student Roundtable Part 2
Ed Note: I originally posted this on my blog Mr Epidemiology, but given that we’re in the midst of grad school application season, I thought it would be relevant to our readers. I posted Part 1 last week, and this is…
Tagged with: comprehensive exams, degree progress, funding, Grad Student Life, thesis, time management
Posted in New Students, Student Perspective, Thesis
Posted in New Students, Student Perspective, Thesis
Graduate Student Roundtable Part 1
Ed Note: I originally posted this on my blog Mr Epidemiology, but given that we’re in the midst of grad school application season, I thought it would be relevant to our readers. I’ve included the first part of the roundtable…
Tagged with: degree progress, funding, Grad Student Life, student-supervisor relationship
Posted in New Students, Student Perspective, Thesis
Posted in New Students, Student Perspective, Thesis
What my students taught me about theory
I just finished a half-term teaching fellowship in the Department of Philosophy. It was my first time instructing a course and I’m already looking forward to the next opportunity. I expected that it would be an intense learning curve –…
Tagged with: essay writing, humanities, philosophy, teaching, theory
Posted in General, New Students, Thesis
Posted in General, New Students, Thesis
New Year’s Resolution: Get Involved!
Gradifying’s first post back from the winter break is a timely one for any of you who are thinking of the new calendar year and the new semester as the time for fresh starts. Amanda Tracey, PhD Candidate in the…
Letters from the Half Way Point: Or, Three Things I’ve Learnt So Far.
Friend of the blog Travis has done regular thesis updates, and I think that updates from those in their PhD can be helpful for those considering or starting out with their graduate education. It gives you a a bit of a…
The Pressure to Publish
It seems that the old ominous dictum “publish or perish” needs little updating to remain relevant to today’s emerging scholars. As many of us may have become keenly aware with the recent grant-writing season, there’s a lonely spot on our…
Tagged with: e-journals, journals, knowledge transfer, publish, research dissemination
Posted in New Students, Thesis
Posted in New Students, Thesis