From help to humour: PhD blogs
Published on 27 January 16
Working towards a PhD can be one of the most rewarding things you'll ever do, but at times it can also be one of the most alienating things. While everyone's PhD experience is different, you can be sure the general trials and tribulations of postgrad life have been well-documented online, offering everything from help to humour in a digestible blog format.
Here's our pick:
Help me
General life hacks for the PhD student.
Latest three blog posts: Curing Readitis, Write that journal article in seven days, Why you should go to that workshop.
Now handily coming in an English version, this popular blog muses on the process of researching and writing your thesis.
Latest three posts: I lost my motivation, How to empty your head, Simplify.
Humour me
If you've never visited this site before, start with the 200 most popular comics; you'll relate to at least 180.
Motivate me
A phorum phor helping you stay accountable for your phrogress.
Latest three threads: Phorum, Phinally PhinisheD, and Phood and Phitness.
Empathise with me
The questions you think you should definitely know the answer to, the random things that prove the most difficult; you can bet other people have thought them. And then blogged about them.
Latest three posts: PhD Alumni, Your Academic Family, Unorthodox tools of a researcher, How to be a Twitter academic.
Work/life balance me
You're probably laughing right now, but understanding how you work best means you can actually squeeze more social time out of your day. As Tanya Golash-Boza discovered.
Latest three posts: 10 Vital Financial Tips for New Faculty, Do This One Thing When You are Experiencing Writer's Block, How to become more creative, focused, relaxed, and productive.
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Read about life and research in Manchester with our very own PhD bloggers Matt and Sophie.