Defining imposter syndrome

While I have posted about imposter syndrome before ( here ), I have just realised that I have not yet defined this concept. So this post is ...

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The meh meh meh voice

We all get that voice in our heads from time to time: you know, the "Meh meh meh" voice with a nasally whine which tells us we ...

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Research Lostness Repairs

I have written about research lostness before ( here , here and here ), but read a great guest post on Thesis Whisperer blog by RMIT Univ...

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The Slough of Despond... and new beginnings

In February of this year, I was ready to push the "Submit" button on my PhD application for pre-candidature. All I was waiting o...

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Lostness

It's funny (funny-strange) , but I get a sense of when students are derailing from their research projects. However, that is only whe...

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Help with Research Lostness

I have been writing for a while on research 'lostness'. I thought that as a resource for students, I should link a range of my ...

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Out of the Slough of Despond

As previously mentioned, I fell into a Slough of Despond (Alcott, 1869, p. 11) when undertaking my Master's thesis. Twice. However,...

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Knowledge, expectations and fear

When I had just started doing my Master's, my supervisor asked me to present my research at a highly specialist and elite conference (...

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The Slap in the Face with a Dead Fish Moment

I am currently undertaking Inger Mewburn's MOOC called How to Survive Your PhD, on edX. One of the first discussion topics explores ...

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