Isolation (Nicholas Anthony)

Photo by Erlend Ekseth | unsplash.com “I work with lasers.” These four simple...

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The 101 on grants for graduate researchers (Clare McCausland)

Photo by Thomas Hawkwww.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk As the manager of the Graduate...

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Three minutes and not a second more (Kelly Farrell and Jason Murphy)

Jen Wiltshire. 2015 La Trobe Competition winner. A graduate researcher with a story...

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Single quotation marks – for quoting ‘Mr Nobody’ (Teresa Iacono)

When I was young, I had a grandmother figure – that is, she acted like my...

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What is ‘Shut up and Write!’ at La Trobe University? (Tseen Khoo)

Shut up and write in progress (Photo by Tseen Khoo) ‘Shut up and Write!’ (SUAW)...

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Can you actually enjoy a PhD? Notes from someone who did (Merryn Sherwood)

Photo by 301+ Kim | unsplash.com The PhD roller coaster – it’s a much-used...

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What you need to do before you go to a conference (Jo Byrne)

Photo by Calum MacAulay | unsplash.com Conferences can be awesome! You get to listen...

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Media training for graduate researchers (Edwina Kay)

Stephanie Amir (right) interviewing Anne Brouwer (Photo by Edwina Kay) The...

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Why you need a triple backup strategy (Merran Williams)

Image credit: Perspecsys Photos A couple of weeks ago, a bushfire went through the...

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