Research Education and DevelopmentDoing a PhD

My PhD experience: Juggling, or playing, with two babies? (Shawgat Sharmeen Kutubi)

When I started my PhD in 2013, my son had just turned four. It wasn’t easy for...

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Tips from a first-year PhD researcher (Georgia Atkin-Smith)

Photo by William Iven | unsplash.com Some people might tell you that doing a PhD is...

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Orientation for graduate researchers – 21 July 2015 (Tseen Khoo)

There’s nothing worse that fronting up at a new degree, then going through...

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From San Francisco, CA to Bendigo, Vic (Lynna Feng)

Photo by Lynna Feng Four months ago, I made the move from the United States to...

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The writer on holiday (Jason Murphy)

Photo by Florian Klauer | unsplash.com When I started my PhD while working...

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What do you mean there are no comms? Conducting archaeological fieldwork at Lake Mungo (Caroline Spry)

A view of the Mungo lunette, looking north (Photo by Caroline Spry) When I first...

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An unplanned career in plants (Tim Entwisle)

This is the full text of Tim Entwisle’s keynote speech at the La Trobe...

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It does happen! Finishing the thesis (Linda Kirkman)

Photo by Linda Kirkman Finishing the writing I completed my first full thesis draft...

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Doing a PhD in Kelly country (Margaret Hickey)

“Lots of holes”Photo by Rob Patrick | www.flickr.com/photos/alkalinezoo...

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