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It's been a year and 8 months since I started my Ph.D program. I wouldn't say it has been easy especially with the global pandemic caused by the now infamous COVID'19. I faced a lot of difficulties in passing through my second phase. One major difficulty was my mental health. I will start this story [...]
Yes, I participated in the 3MT competition. If you do not know what the 3MT competition is about, it is a 3 minutes thesis competition that started at Queensland University, Australia. The intention or aim of this competition is for Ph.D students to be able to present their thesis to a wide range of audience [...]
PLAGIARISM!!! This is what I believe to be the worst academic offense. According to the University of Oxford[1], Plagiarism is presenting someone else's work or idea as your own, with or without their consent. My reference to the university of oxford is an example of how to acknowledge a source. Plagiarism is very common, and [...]
Literature review is an essential part of academic work. My deep understanding of literature review emerged from my Bachelor's degree up until my Ph.D. degree. As students we are not believed to be experts of the topic, therefore, the following are what I have learnt about the importance of literature review; Identify contribution to knowledge: [...]
"No one achieves great things by following the crowd. Have a spine. Strike your own path.” Robert Kiyosaki "The one who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The one who walks alone is likely to find themselves in places no one has ever been before.” Albert Einstein There are times [...]
It was a struggle and it is a progress not yet done. I was super excited to have started my Ph.D. and so far its been nothing less than I expected except the fact that sometimes I get lost during the Ph.D. adventure. The enthusiastic nature in me has kept me on my feet and [...]
Starting a Ph.D. was a dream come through for me. While growing up, I wasn't too sure what I wanted to do career-wise but I knew I wanted to do things that seem impossible to the feeble mind. I wanted to enage in mind boggling activities within the social sciences and understand how variable related [...]
