Category: PhD Studentship
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How a non-academic get a funded PhD offer – Your application (Part 2)
In the earlier post, I have gone through the hard components of the application. By “hard”, I meant the things that you have little or no control over, because they are in the past, and they are hard measures of your capability to conduct a PhD. If you don’t have such a flashy record, it…
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How a non-academic get a funded PhD offer – Your application (Part 1)
It took me a year and a half to finish this piece of writing because it’s not a straightforward topic and my capacity to gather objective evidence is limited. Although I have to admit it is tempting to make overgeneralised or oversimplified statements, I’m only writing now what I believe is right from my experience…
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How a non-academic get a funded PhD offer – Motivation
For the record, I’m writing this coming from a very humble place, because I know my story isn’t spectacular. I have known a lot more people who had to overcome much more challenges to achieve way more than I did. However, each person’s experience is unique, and being a PhD applicant myself less than a…