Tag Archives: graduate studies
On Taking it Personally
By making the decision to study towards a postgraduate degree, you are grabbing accountability by the horns. In looking back on my postgraduate years, I’ve been thinking a little about the implications of this accountability on my ability to evaluate my success. Undergraduate degrees, of course, involve constant assessments and an increasing amount of autonomy […]
On Confidence.
I’ve been thinking a lot about confidence lately. My thoughts have emerged from the process of making applications for my next postdoctoral research position. I have become nail-bitingly aware that in order to compete with the hundreds of others who are applying for these research positions, I have to have confidence. I have to convince […]
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