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  1. Nov 27

    You're not going to write your thesis or article once. You're going to write it, then re-write it and re-write it many times. So don't be too precious about the first draft.

    11 replies . 114 retweets 286 likes
  2. Nov 20

    You will make many decisions during your PhD but probably the most important decision of all will be your choice of supervisor. Choose wisely.

    2 replies . 26 retweets 63 likes
  3. Nov 20

    Advice to PhD students: Finish before the money runs out. Otherwise you'll have to get a job and completion time will double.

    11 replies . 49 retweets 144 likes
  4. Nov 23

    Secret 7: You can do it! A PhD is 90% persistence and 10% intelligence. Hang in there. You can do it.

    2 replies . 56 retweets 151 likes
  5. Nov 26

    Creative uses for old theses? A Christmas thesis-tree. What's happened to yours?

    13 replies . 68 retweets 284 likes
  6. Nov 27

    At a certain point in a writing project you lose the ability to work out whether your writing is getting better or not. You're too close to it. Show it to someone. When your draft is at about 80% it's time to get feedback.

    1 reply . 12 retweets 38 likes
  7. 10m

    No, autocorrect, I do NOT mean the Archbishop of Michelin. Glad I caught that before I sent the abstract ...

    1 retweet 2 likes
  8. 2h
    Replying to

    Job opportunity for quantitative researcher interested in explaining the decline in youth drinking. Excellent Details below. ***Closes 6th December***

    1 reply . 1 retweet
  9. Nov 29

    Getting stresses? Stop multi-tasking. We're not very good at it - especially when it comes to writing. Turn them all off.

    7 replies . 31 retweets 139 likes
  10. Nov 21

    Most PhD students & researchers feel guilty all the time. Have I done enough? I took some time out? I should be doing more. Secret 5: Treat it like a job. If you know when to work, you know when to not work. Reduces guilt.

    7 replies . 85 retweets 260 likes
  11. Nov 28

    You know more than you think. Others know less than you think.

    75 retweets 181 likes
  12. Nov 28

    : Often the more successful you are the more doubts you have. There's more to be exposed. Chart from:

    1 reply . 48 retweets 69 likes
  13. 8h

    What do you do with old posters? Wrapping paper? With the fabric ones you can re-cycle them into clothes or totes.

    A good use for fabric posters. Wear them. Probably lots of other creative uses?
    4 replies . 1 retweet 9 likes
  14. Nov 20

    Last details sorted. Looking forward to recruiting a on my MRC New Investigator Grant for March2018 to work on -host interaction. More info and ad soon.

    8 replies . 19 retweets 49 likes
  15. Nov 26

    /: A few kind words can make a big difference to your research student or post-doc. And it doesn't cost anything.

    1 reply . 34 retweets 103 likes
  16. Nov 29

    and worry You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you, if you realised how seldom they do. Be brave and take action.

    1 reply . 30 retweets 82 likes
  17. Nov 29

    How did others deal with the uncertainty after getting their PhDs?

    Starting to get the stressful feeling in the pit of my stomach of “what next?” The feeling most get when finishing/after finishing PhD…
    8 replies . 3 retweets 9 likes
  18. Nov 26

    Need somewhere quiet where you can write? How about a writing nest?

    4 replies . 4 retweets 28 likes
  19. 40m

    The dangers of perfectionism. You might be making it worse.

    How not to finish your PhD. |
    4 retweets 15 likes
  20. Nov 23

    Part-time PhD and off-campus PhD. You need to make sure you don't get forgotten. Have regular meetings (can be Skype). Come onto campus. Attend seminars when you can. It's easy to get isolated so try to stay involved.

    4 replies . 25 retweets 114 likes

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