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Category: Academic life

Academic life

Four things I learnt during my PhD journey

November 8, 2020November 8, 2020 Bethany Nichols

If you're at the beginning of your PhD journey, half way through, looking back fondly or even curious to know what a PhD is like, hopefully you'll get a glimpse of my experience by looking at some of the joys and regrets from my PhD.

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Academic life

Publishing my first paper

July 5, 2020July 5, 2020 Bethany Nichols

On Tuesday 30th June 2020, my first first-author paper was published in Ecology letters. The journey from idea to publication was long, complicated and a dramatic learning curve. In this post, I'll break my journey down into five milestones and five pieces of advice I wish I could go back and tell myself.

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