This is How to PhD, the show dedicated to sharing those key, practical skills for University success! Perhaps you’ve just decided to embark on a PhD, Master’s or Bachelor’s, or maybe you’re a seasoned doctoral veteran about to face your viva. Whatever stage you’re at, University studies can be a huge challenge. But it can also be one of the most rewarding things you’ll ever do and there are a few things we learned along the way that can help you. Join myself, Dr Arun Ulahannan and my co-host, Dr Julia Gauly, as we share everything we wish we had known!
Episodes
Monday May 02, 2022
S1E39 | A structured method to finding your research gap!
Monday May 02, 2022
Monday May 02, 2022
Often we think of knowledge gaps as the key thing to aim for in a PhD, but actually there are many more types of gaps that can be just as powerful and useful! Tune in to learn about the many types of research gaps and a very simple tool to help you identify which ones you'd like to pursue!
Monday Apr 25, 2022
S1E38 | How to balance your time writing journals vs your thesis!
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Balancing spending time on journal papers vs writing your thesis chapters is a tricky one. This week, we have everything you need to know on how to find that balance between the two and what you need to prioritise during your PhD!
Monday Apr 11, 2022
S1E37 | How to avoid the 3 most common email mistakes!
Monday Apr 11, 2022
Monday Apr 11, 2022
Never get replies to emails? Find that your supervisors don't actually answer your questions? A lot of these problems can be traced back to how you write your emails.
This week, we're going to be talking about some super simple things you can start doing straight away to optimise your email writing and hopefully get much more responses!
Monday Apr 04, 2022
S1E36 | Why you need to engage with the public for your PhD- and how!
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Public involvement and engagement are two really powerful techniques to help justify your work. Think about times you couldn't find the literature to justify what you're doing... or if you feel you're not sure what your work is going to do for the world... these techniques can help solve those!
Tune in to find out exactly why you should run them and how!
Monday Mar 28, 2022
S1E35 | More important lessons from the highs and lows of our PhDs! (Part 2)
Monday Mar 28, 2022
Monday Mar 28, 2022
We're back again, this time with Julia's PhD story. It's different in many ways and so many things to takeaway from the experience- tune in to find out!
Monday Mar 21, 2022
Monday Mar 21, 2022
This week we're going into each year of our PhD journeys to show you the reality of what a PhD is. Often, all we see is that final success from people on Twitter, but actually, most PhD candidates face the same problems and challenges. We'll be talking in depth about all the challenges Arun faced AND crucially, how to overcome them!
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
We're back with part 2. In this second half of our collaborative episode with Prof. Sebastian Kernbach, we talk about identify the things in your life that give you energy, how to achieve a resilient mindset, managing perfectionism and how to utilise positive psychology! It's a packed episode- we hope you enjoy it!
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Here's part 1 of our first ever collaborative episode! We're so happy to welcome Prof. Sebastian Kernbach to our show! Sebastian is an expert in life design, resilience, design thinking, visual thinking, and positive psychology.
In this episode we dive into the concepts of successful intelligence and energy competence to help you be a productive and creative researcher!
Part 2 will be out on Wednesday! Stay tuned!!
Monday Mar 07, 2022
Monday Mar 07, 2022
So often supervisor relations can go awry, but this is usually down to some simple things that are being missed. Often, a lot of these issues stem from the meetings themselves. We took a look around twitter, social media and listened to our own One-to-One students to list down the most common errors made, and everything you need to know about overcoming them!
Monday Feb 07, 2022
S1E30 | Five common PhD mistakes, and how to avoid them!
Monday Feb 07, 2022
Monday Feb 07, 2022
Is it better late than never? Apologies for missing a week, but we're back! This week, we dive into some of the most common mistakes we've seen in PhDs and provide you with the essential tips to avoid these pitfalls!