opinion… Plan B: COVID-19 challenges for field-based PhD students 8 Dec 20208 Dec 2020 Blistering heat, pouring rain, finding volunteers, submitting field-trip forms, forgetting equipment, data sheets blowing away in the wind — a field-based research project is hard at the best of times.…
diversity… Queer science 18 Jun 202018 Jun 2020 Happy Pride Month to the beautiful Queers of the scientific community, and beyond! I decided to write this post to help non-queer scientists interact respectfully with their queer colleagues. When…
PhD… You’ll be on the Red List if your supervisor goes extinct 15 Jun 2020 Bearing in mind that a PhD candidacy will last roughly three and a half years, the planned endeavour should be achievable in the given time, according to personal capability and…
careers… A new environment for personal transformation: what Australia has meant to me 12 Sep 2019 When developing an academic career, sticking in one’s homeland has its pros and cons. -- On your home turf there will usually be at least a few family members with…
student experiences 10 things I wish I knew before doing an Honours degree 19 Aug 201921 Nov 2019 In 2018 I started my Honours degree in biodiversity and conservation at Flinders University. I had completed my Bachelor of Science in 2017, after being accepted in the Honours stream…
