Tag: phd student
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Entitlement, Bitterness, and Grief: The Post-PhD Job Hunt Experience
If you follow me on Twitter, you have likely noticed the uptick in Tweets complaining about my job search over the past few months – most likely before either unfollowing or muting me (and frankly, I can’t blame you!). With my current contract ending in a few months and lacking the legal entitlement to any
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End of the (PhD) Road: Reflecting on 5+ Years of Graduate Studies in Archaeology
Last week, I (finally!) graduated from the University of Bradford with my PhD in Archaeology, ending a decade-long academic journey that was a culmination of approximately 5 years of PhD studies, 1 year of MSc studies (Archaeological Sciences), and 4 years of BA studies (Classical Archaeology and Anthropology)…and boy, am I tired. So, after all
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How I Learned to Stop Procrastinating and Do My PhD Corrections
A little over nine months ago, I successfully defended my PhD thesis with major corrections. And then, just a month ago today, I submitted my corrections. A total of 15,414 additional words and 70 pages over what I’d love to say was a six month period…but due to procrastination? More like a two month period.
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Surviving a PhD Defence at the End of the World (aka at the End of 2020)
I had originally planned on writing this blog post shortly after my defence (known as a viva here in the UK) back at the start of December, but life got in the way…and by that, I mean my job closed down due to the pandemic and we moved house and then the holidays arrived and
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