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Four Types of Scientists' (Personalities)
According to Carl G. Jung's theory of psychological types [Jung, 1971], people can be characterized by their preference of general...
How to write to a prospective PhD (or Post-Doc)Â supervisor
Today’s post is from Prof Faye Hicks. Faye is a hydrotechincal (civil) engineer with 30+ years of experience and the Author of “The Art...
A Sample Research Proposal
Two aspects of Japanese sentence final expressions in relation to gender: expressing modality and constructing stereotypes Summary of the...
A strategy to generate text in the early stages of the PhD
"To write a thesis in a second-language, it is very helpful to break a highly complex set of processes into a series of simpler stages or...
DEALING WITH STUDENT-SUPERVISOR PROBLEMS
INTRODUCTION Not all relationships work out as planned. Considering the stress graduate students experience and the amount of time it...
Relation with Other Researchers: Cooperation or Competition?
Both cooperation and competition are integral aspects of scientific interaction. Joint projects combine diverse, specialized expertise to...
Isaac Newton: The Insecure Arrogant!
The greatest scientific book of all time is Principia Mathematica, completed by Isaac Newton in 1687. Newton’s paradigm of the physics of...
The Pressure to Publish Pushes Down Quality
Scientists must publish less, says Daniel Sarewitz, or good research will be swamped by the ever-increasing volume of poor work. I am...
Why PhD Candidates Need to Take a Break!
" It's good from time to time to stop and think where you are. This is even more true if you don't feel absolutely on top of your work....
Is it Really Necessary to Publish While Doing a PhD?
There is no simple answer to this question.However, you may consider two publishing strategies: " Publish As You Go (PAUG) It is safe to...
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