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[last updated: February 12, 2021]
The Power of Media…
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/studentstories/2020/01/29/the-power-of-media/
Reading Time: 3 minutes …by Priya / from India / PhD Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre 2013-2017 We all hate answering questions we don’t have an answer to. For me, one of those questions has been answered today, whilst simultaneously opening my mind to other more thought provoking questions. Who inspires you? For a long time, I’ve struggled to answer […]
[last updated: February 12, 2021]
Hard work + patience = rewards…
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/studentstories/2020/01/29/hard-work-patience-rewards/
Reading Time: 3 minutes …by Priya / from India / PhD Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre 2013-2017 It was an evening this January when I walked into the living room and my flatmates were talking about how they thought 2016 was going to a terrible year and nothing good was going to come out it. Even though there was a […]
[last updated: February 12, 2021]
Time to signify the end…
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/studentstories/2020/01/29/time-to-signify-the-end/
Reading Time: 3 minutes …by Priya / from India / PhD Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre 2013-2017 It’s almost half way through 2017 and just over 2 months until my student card expires (I better make sure I take full advantage of my student card by then!). Ooooof…just writing that sent shivers down my spine as I take in the […]
[last updated: February 12, 2021]
Top 5 Tips For Surviving a PhD…
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/studentstories/2020/01/29/top-5-tips-for-surviving-a-phd/
Reading Time: 2 minutes …by Priya / from India / PhD Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre 2013-2017 It’s done, the thing is done! Four years of work compressed into a document just short of 250 pages. That is, until the…I hate to say the dreaded word…viva. There, I said it, to all of my dear friends who prematurely posted their […]
[last updated: February 15, 2021]
The Art of Resilience…
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/studentstories/2020/01/29/the-art-of-resilience/
Reading Time: 4 minutes …by Priya / from India / PhD Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre 2013-2017 It has been a while since my last post. Times became incredibly busy over the last six months, trying to juggle PhD life with personal life. In September I entered into my “extended” year of my PhD. The condition upon which my supervisor […]
[last updated: February 15, 2021]
Expert Effective Procrastination…
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/studentstories/2020/01/29/expert-effective-procrastination/
Reading Time: 2 minutes …by Priya / from India / PhD Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre 2013-2017 My supervisors are looking over my thesis draft and the paper is trying to get submitted to a journal. What does one do to avoid just twiddling their finger idly? Apply for travel grants and conferences I decided to apply for the enable symposium. […]
[last updated: February 16, 2021]
A Special Conference…
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/studentstories/2020/01/29/a-special-conference/
Reading Time: 4 minutes …by Priya / from India / PhD Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre 2013-2017 One of the perks of being a PhD student is the opportunity to go on conferences, and often in much sunnier places than the UK. As a chancellor’s fellow student we are allocated £300 per academic year, which can roll over if unused. […]
[last updated: February 16, 2021]
Three very important minutes…
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/studentstories/2020/01/24/three-very-important-minutes/
Reading Time: 4 minutes …by Priya / from India / PhD Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre 2013-2017 The 3MT (3 minute thesis competition) is a global competition. PhD students condense their 2-3 hundred pages thesis into a 3 minute monologue that is comprehensible and engaging for an intelligent lay-audience. There are several rounds of the competition from local institute level, […]