Researchers: How about writing about your research in professional/trade/business journals? These are great ways of communicating your research to a wider audience. And for showing impact.. #acwri #PhDchat #ECRchat #PhDforum #SciComm
#PromotingYourResearch: Paper published? Send link to key people you've cited. Easy way to network & promote your work. #PhDForum #postdoc
A simple way to promote your research is to put a link to a recently published paper in your email signature. #PhDchat #PhDForum #ECRchat #postdoc
Bjorn enjoys meetings with his supervisor. He finds them intellectually stimulating.
Afterwards Bjorn can never remember what was discussed.
Bjorn should be stimulated to take notes during the meeting.
#PhDchat #PhDforum #academicchatter #ECRchat
#DATE2026 - lot of interest in the presentations of Mohamed Nadeem and Jan Zielasko at the #PhDForum www.date-conference.com
Nick is working late and doing some writing. He is very tired but thinks he has written some good words. Tomorrow Nick will read these words and realise they are rubbish. Poor Nick. #PhDchat #PhDForum #ECRchat #postdoc #academictwitter
Do you get anxious about the audience? Look for the nodders and smilers. They help you do better. Avoid looking at the grumpy faces. They make you feel worse.
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#PhDchat #PhDforum #postdoc
It's normal to be nervous when you have to speak in public. But be brave and take every opportunity to practice. #PresentingYourResearch #PhDforum #EMCRforum #gradschool
How many times do you hear a presenter say:
I know you can’t read this but …
If they can’t read it then what’s the point? Your font size needs to be 18 point or higher. From: buff.ly/3ItCPJ1
#PhDForum #MRes #PhDchat #ECRchat
Size 12 font is way too small for presentations.
And use an easy-to-read font.
#PhDforum #MRes #postdoc
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What people think about at academic conferences. |TheUpturnedMicroscope @upmicblog
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Conference bullies. It's not on, for senior researchers to humiliate junior colleagues in public at conferences. The chairperson, other researchers or maybe even you need to step in. #PhDchat #ECRchat #postdoc #PhDforum
A blogpost about booking a room for your presentation or seminar or confirmation. It's not as simple as it seems. #PhDchat #ECRchat #PhDForum #PhDLife #postdoc
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New #PhD student? The literature is a scary place for the new and unwary. You need a friend and your best friend forever should be your subject librarian. Arrange a meeting. Explain your research area. Be nice and they will help. #PhDchat #PhDforum #ECRchat
You can't read them all. At some point you have to stop consuming and start creating. Put away the books and papers and start writing. #PhDforum #ECRchat #PhDChat #postdoc
In doing research you need to get used to feeling lost occasionally. If you knew the answer before you started we wouldn't call it research. Sometimes you have to go down a dead-end to work that it is a dead-end. That's research. #PhDchat #ECRchat #phDforum #postdoc
Abdul has spent the last two hours writing and rewriting one paragraph. He thinks he’s finally got it just right. Tomorrow his supervisor will tell Abdul this whole section isn’t needed. Abdul will be sad. Poor Abdul. #PhDForum #acwri
Jessie is formatting her document (again).
She thinks she is writing.
Jessie is wrong.
She is procrastinating.
#PhDchat #PhDforum #acwri #ECRchat #postdoc
This is Rover. Rover is Dave’s loyal companion. He sits beside Dave’s desk when Dave is writing.
Sometimes Dave talks to Rover and Rover seems interested.
Rover is just hoping Dave will say the word Walk.
#PhDchat #PhDForum #ECRchat #academicchatter
When you're developing your research proposal it's wise to think about a Plan B. Things always go wrong in research. What will you do when things don't go to Plan A. Discuss with your supervisor. #PhDchat #PhDforum #postdoc #ECRchat
Doing a #PhD? You need the PhD Planning Toolkit. Lots of free resources for research students here: buff.ly/2DmSFIH
Thesis planners
Six monthly planners
Monthly planners
Weekly planners
ToDay lists
Free to download and customise. #PhDchat #PhDForum
In research sometimes, often actually, there is no one right answer. Knowledge is contested. This can be difficult when you are searching for that one, indisputable answer that no-one can ever criticise. That's not the way research works. #PhDchat #ECRchat #PhDforum
Perendinate. Why just procrastinate when you can perendinate.
To put off until the day after tomorrow. #PhDforum #gradschool #emcrforum
Optimal stopping: At what point should you stop doing something?
For the perfectionist it means going to the bitter end.
But maybe you don't need to read every paper that's ever been written.
#PhDchat #ECRchat #phDforum
Multi-failing: Doing several things at the same time and doing them all less well. The reality is we're not very good at multi-tasking. Focus on one thing and do it properly. #PhDchat #ECRchat #Postdoc #PhDforum
If you're finding your #research or #writing hard this doesn't mean you are stupid. It could just be that it's hard. In fact it is hard. So hang in there. #PhDchat #ECRchat #postdoc #gradschool #PhDforum
Beware of scope creep. The temptation to add one more:
- chapter
- field trip
- experiment
- novel feature
- extra variable
The question is not:
Would one more make it better?
The question is:
Do I already have enough?
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#7PhDSecrets
Secret 3: Be realistic
“The best is the enemy of the good”. Which in practice means that by striving for a perfect thesis you will find it very hard to finish any thesis. The best thesis is a finished thesis. From: buff.ly/32cMaBK
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#AI & the #PhD student –
“'AI can be your greatest ally or your worst enemy. It all depends on how you use it'...
not to replace thinking but to amplify thinking"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#academia #highereducation #highered #gradschool #PhDchat #PhDforum #artificialintelligence #AIethics
