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The Six Habits of Highly Deceptive People – Guest Contributor Elias Da Silva-Powell
Tagged with: academic humour, cognitive biases, concept creation, intuitive statistics, managing classroom discussion, participation
Posted in General, Student Perspective
Posted in General, Student Perspective
International Students’ Language Barrier – Guest Contributor Xiaoqian Liu
Our second entry, a lovely piece by Queen’s 3MT winner, Xiaoqian Liu.
Posted in International, Student Perspective
What Makes Grad School Worth It? – Guest Contributor Amanda Tracey
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.
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
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
And…. it’s a wrap
hi all – Meredith here. Well, that’s it. We’re done. I’m through. And I’ve got a degree to prove it. Yesterday, yours truly strode across the stage at convocation and officially earned my Master’s degree in Cultural Studies. Our convocation…
Posted in SGS Blog 2010-2011, Student Perspective
Back on the Job
hi all – Meredith here. Sorry for not writing sooner. I have been meaning to write for a couple of days, but again.. the 9-5 life is sucking me dry! As regular readers will know, I’m back working at CBC…
Posted in SGS Blog 2010-2011, Student Perspective
New Things: The First Week
hi all – Meredith here. I made it to the weekend! I just worked my first three days at the CBC. This week I worked as an associate producer on the afternoon show at CBC Radio here in Ottawa. It’s…
Posted in SGS Blog 2010-2011, Student Perspective
Writing on a Train
hi all – Meredith here. I’m on the train, hurtling through some very beautiful scenery at the moment. Everything is lit with striking mid-fall, golden light which is quite lovely. I’ve spend most of this journey on my computer, catching…
Posted in SGS Blog 2010-2011, Student Perspective