For those of you who have been following this blog for a while, you know that I think planning is an essential skill to get work done. I plan at different levels, and the tools that I use for this…
Dear readers,I've published a new book "The A-Z of the PhD Trajectory" in the Springer Texts in Education. You can read all about it (and buy it!) on the Springer website.The book is full of new material. There are topics…
I recently ran a poll on Twitter about how PhD students get their funding, and I was actually quite surprised by the results. In the Netherlands, most PhD students are hired as employees when funding for a project for 4…
Dear readers, I would like to share with you some valuable resources from a proofreading services website. Most universities have their own proofreading services, so if English is not your native language, or if you struggle with writing, it can…
Recently, I was contacted by a scientist who uses the pseudonym Joseph Helpman to review his book, "How to get a PhD effectively". The subtitle of the book is "The untold time-management secrets of the most successful scientists" and the…
Today, I'd like to present you all a little goldmine of information I recently stumbled upon: "The Essential #Edchat Resource Guide" via USC Rossier's EdD. This guide is a 3-page document that contains tons of information from the #EdChat community.…
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