Tag: higher-education
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A PhD food journal – What I eat in a month
“Please eat a lot so you have the strength to get on.” It’s how our Vietnamese peeps usually show support and care to the young people having to work hard for their studies and career. Yet I have long realised that when I eat a lot, my body has to work harder to digest all…
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How I got over 2 failed pregnancies during my PhD
2024 has got a tough start: I just lost my first pregnancy by the end of 2023, tried again and lost another one shortly after that, right in the middle of Jan 2024. But all the losses have not been in vein, I guess, because in weathering through it all, both my life and my…
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Frequently asked questions/ Giải đáp thắc mắc
If you’re here, it’s probably because you’ve known about my research and are considering whether you can and should take part or not. Therefore, I have put together some of the questions that I usually encounter in the recruitment of research participants. Hopefully it helps clear up some of your doubts. Nếu bạn đang đọc…
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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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My first teaching job
You know how students from all over the world come to the UK for its world-class education? Okay. Now imagine you’ve got a chance to be teaching at one of these prestigious universities. If that does not excite you, I don’t know what will! As a funded PhD student in Brunel Business School, I was…
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