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Backup, backup, backup: Why you should use Dropbox
Posted in General, International Study, New Students, Student Perspective, Thesis Tagged with: degree progress, Grad Student Life, publish, QSpace, thesis, time management
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…
Posted in New Students, Student Perspective, Thesis Tagged with: comprehensive exams, degree progress, funding, Grad Student Life, thesis, time management
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…
Posted in New Students, Student Perspective, Thesis Tagged with: degree progress, funding, Grad Student Life, student-supervisor relationship
Science and Storytelling
A short post today, as I know everyone is busy, and the time you spend reading could be better spent listening to me in the YouTube video above I was fortunate enough to speak at TEDxQueensu last semester. For those…
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…
Higher Education Humour!
While the tradition of oral storytelling has been replaced by the email forward or Facebook message, the idea remains the same. We pass down stories from generation to generation, from postdocs to PhDs to Masters students and onwards. And now…
Reference Letters: Who to ask and how to ask for them! Liz Lemon helps us out
At some point in your graduate education you’ll have to ask for a letter of reference. It might be for a funding application (see my previous post) or it might be for another program (med school, law school, PhD programs…
Guest Post: PSAC 901 or the TA/TF Union
This week Gradifying’s got a guest post from some students involved with the TA/TF Union. Thanks to Atif and the folks working with the union for bringing us a great piece that demystifies yet another grad school acronym. The Public…
Hitting the Wall: The Graduate School Marathon
We’ve talked a lot about resources that are all available for new students, in terms of settling in, finances etc. What we haven’t talked about are things that might affect returning students or those who are approaching the end of…
Picking A Supervisor and Other Concerns
One of the crucial factors in graduate school success is a good supervisor. While some faculties mandate that you come in with an identified supervisor, others let you start your program and identify a supervisor several months into your degree.…