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Warning, may contain…a PhD

January 16, 2020 Luc Beaulieu

[This post was originally published over 6 years ago. It is still extremely relevant!] Recently saw a comment by a student about not being advised

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Warning, may contain a PhD

March 22, 2014 Luc Beaulieu

Recently saw a comment by a student about not being advised before hand that doing a PhD had many difficulties and challenges. However, my first

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PhD thesis examination: you are the expert, behave like one!

March 5, 2014 Luc Beaulieu

An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field. – Niels Bohr Quite interestingly graduate studies

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Talk with your thesis advisor on a regular basis

April 3, 2013 Luc Beaulieu

Each research group has its own dynamics. In some, entering grad students get a very detailed “charge” list saying for example, there is a group

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PhD project or PhD projects?

December 20, 2012 Luc Beaulieu

Two of my PhD students have successfully defended their thesis in the past three weeks. For both of them, they have accomplished what constituted the

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