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?
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
3-Minute Trips Down Memory Lane
Our last update came just before the Ontario Provincial Championships of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. It’s since passed and I’m happy to report that it was incredible fun. (For fuller coverage of the event, see my article on…
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
Wanted: Inspiration
It’s official. I’ve applied to graduate. But I am not popping the champagne yet. Although I feel so close to the end I still feel so far away. Reason being, I have yet to complete my final masters project. I…
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
Curiosity Driven’s Roz Dakin asks: What will you have to take with you?
We’ve got a great guest post to bring you and it talks about a time-sensitive opportunity that’s so good, we’re posting off schedule. What will you have to take with you? By Roz Dakin As an about-to-finish PhD student, it’s…
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…