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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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The Ph.D.s Guide to a Nonfaculty Job Search

January 11, 2014 Luc Beaulieu

I have long heard and perpetuate to my students that if you are bright enough to successfully complete a PhD in the first place, finding

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The gift of doctoral study is…

February 17, 2013 Luc Beaulieu

“The gift of doctoral study is that you get the time and space to obsess about something you’re (hopefully) interested in…” -Jeannie Holstein The above

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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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On starting a new project…

December 13, 2012 Luc Beaulieu

I design, plan, execute and complete projects on a regular basis for quite a number of years now. As a researcher, it is an integral

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PhD: they call it “pushing the envelope” of science!

December 8, 2012 Luc Beaulieu

This was passed down to me by a good friend (who is also reader of this blog). Have a look and you’ll understand the title

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