A couple of months ago I was having my occasional freak out about what I’m doing with my life and what on earth I should be doing with myself after my PhD contract ends. It’s terrifying because academia just doens’t sound particularly appealing with all the bad press it’s getting these days; chances of making […]
Questions I had when I started supervising student projects
Supervising student projects has been one of the most rewarding but also one of the hardest things I’ve done during my PhD. It was hard, because I had no previous experience and little guidance. There is this general sense in (Dutch) academia that you just gotta figure it out. Perhaps not the most effective approach, […]