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Vlog 236 - The characteristics of the best PhD students
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- Опубліковано 18 сер 2024
- Time for something positive. What are the characteristics of the best PhD students? What decisions can you make - today - can transform your candidature and your research life?
1- Commitment and motivation
2- Literacy and numeracy
3- Confidence and self-actualization
4- Time management and organisation skills
5- Ability to learn
6- Enthusiasm and passion
7- Hard work
8- Diligence, endurance and discipline
9- Information Literacy
10- be proactive
3:12 1. Commitment and motivation
4:31 2. Literacy and numeracy
6:42 3. Confidence
9:02 4. Time management and organizational skills
11:10 5. Ability to learn
15:14 6. Enthusiasm and passion
16:53 7. Hard work
19:17 8. Diligence, endurance and discipline
21:54 9. Information literacy and reading the literature
23:23 10. Be proactive
Thank you, Kamila!
I loved this lecture so so much that I wrote down the transcript by hand two times, and they work when implemented! Some of these habits I have already implemented but others were new for me ! I want to express MY GRATITUDE!!THANK YOU very much, I have just graduated ! If I could meet you some day, I will give you a box of chocolate or a gift. The powerful Ideas here are indeed Life-changing! THANK YOU!! You are Wonderful!! Your rationality, argumentation, experience, insights and candid advices are effective lessons I will keep following!!
I really loved this vlog. I’ve been watching your videos for a few months now, I just began my PhD in the US last month. And you have helped me in so many many ways. There is a quote by Abraham Lincoln that I’m going to paraphrase, but he said that if he was given five hours to cut down a tree, he would spend the first four hours sharpening the axe. Your point number 8 really struck home. Thank you so much for your time, your thought provoking information and your passion! I wish light, love and happiness
Agreed! I recommend you channel to my PhD students. I have been watching it since I was a PhD student!
Thank you for the most valuable suggestions
This vlog came at the perfect time for me. Thank you 😊
Just perfect. I discovered your vlog a few weeks ago and I'm really enjoying it! I'm in a M.Sc. in financials economics and looking forward to PhD. Salutation from Canada(Quebec) and thank you so much.
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Excellent. Thanks a lot.
Love your works. Thanks a lot. It is very helpful.
Thanks Tara for the vlogs. You advice always makes sense. It made my day.
Dear Tara, your vlogs fill my heart and brain with joy and motivation! I am preparing for my PhD viva which is scheduled on the 7th of October. I was wondering whether you would consider presenting a vlog for succeeding in the viva. Love and light back :) Zamira
I am so happy to have found your channel. I am binge watching It while doing my daily chores ahhaha
Much love from Brazil.
I love the Vlogs for their educative content. Thanks for highlighting those characteristics, Tara! ... 'Begin with the end in mind!'
Thank you so much! I start with my PhD position in 3 weeks and this comes at exactly the right time for me. I'm so looking forward to it, I'm so happy and excited and eager to learn as much as possible
I had a wonderful supervisor. I used him as a shield off which I could bounce ideas. I would recommend to any aspiring phd students that you spend around 10 years in industry. In that time you will acquire many of the attributes that Tara demands. Going to a phd directly from a bachelor is generally a fools errand. Mature first.
Hi Tara, I just finished my PhD this summer and your vlogs have helped me tremendously (like the writing tip every morning!) when I was at a somewhat low point. But I'm happy to recognize many of the traits mentioned in this vlog in myself.
It's also somewhat serendipitous you mention the "I'm just gonna come in and write up this project that I thought of because I know the field entirely" type at around 11:30. I was confronted with a junior colleague recently who just started their PhD journey and switched advisors in the first week, is already thinking about not doing a postdoc but going straight to tenure-track, and now, in week 4 or so, is making these huge claims that have been well-established in the literature.
As always, thanks.
Thomas Van Hoey, now PhD :D
Thanks for sharing this. Are you doing postdoc now??
Thank you so much for such top Vlogs' advice. It is the right time for me.
Tara…I
Brilliant Brabazon, as always!! Thank you Tara - humble greetings from South Africa.
Thank you Dr Tara for your valuable inputs. Your deep explanation about this topic needs special applause. 👏👏 .
Love your videos! They're all so valuable & solidly helpful!
What a great explanation Tara. You touched on key points. Thanks indeed for sharing your knowledge. I appreciate it! I wish you all the best.
I did my phd over 20 years ago. I'm 84 now. Any day I do not learn something is a lost day. I had manager working for me who was very smart but not successful. A colleague said to me that he may be smart but he wasn't maze bright. Something to bear in mind. Oh the fun my 2 colleagues and I would have had with you Tara in our doctoral seminars.
Awesome awesome awesome
I adore your videos, Tara. This was immensely helpful. Thank you!
I just love this. I cannot wait to start!
This is so helpful! I'm going to refer to this list of qualities again and again. Thank you and bless you!
I thank you very much, your vlog has been of great help in my PhD journey.
Thank you, Ms. Tara. I've got to work on a lot of things. Big fan!
Thanks Tara. I always love watching your vlogs. Im 12 credits to the end. These vlogs are a part of my journey!
Hi Tara. First, I think your vlog should be entitled "The ideal type of a PhD student". Second, I certainly was NOT the "ideal" type of PhD. I agree with you in the sense that not knowing the skills a PhD student needs may affect the student's performance, and wastes the supervisor's time and the student's time. It makes the process much harder and painful. Some students know how to address these problems, though they are consistently told that if they do not have the skills at the very beginning they will fail. For instance, in my case, it took me three days to solve my grammatical mistakes, and a two months to organize my writing to set a path for graduation. Ironically, I wasted two years arguing with my professors on whether I was prepared enough or not. I feel I wasted more time arguing about the "ideal type of PhD student" rather than putting my mind, and focus into addressing problems. I am not saying that this issue should not be discussed. I just try to point out that it is easier for professors to say things and argue when they are in a position of power. I assume that, to be fair, you will do a vlog that deals with "the ideal type of supervisor".
I changed supervisors and most professors in my department categorized me as a "difficult student to supervise". Once I started working with my new supervisor, she was very afraid of supervising me due to my previous bad reviews. However, over the months she started to recognize my efforts. I think she was more objective to revise my work by pointing out, respectfully, what things worked and what things did not work in my drafts. I felt that my level of analysis and writing increased substantially. Since then, I regained confidence and I started to address problems in my drafts more effectively. I regained motivation, love for knowledge, and confidence.
Gabriela Sofia I am so happy to hear this experience. I am at the middle of the chaos. Knowing that someone is not seeing herself ideal and make it to the end is very inspiring!
How did you assist your skill and boost your motivation and work to the next level?
Every time she greets, I imagine her saying something like
Greetings mortals!!! 😂
I wish I had a 'laugh' button MM. I'm a big fan of Endora - obviously. You've made my day with this comment ;) Whenever I say greetings to you - for the rest of my life - I'll think of you ;) txxx
Super stuff T - loving the jumper too x
Excellent lecture ma'am
Grateful ♡
Amazing video!
Thanks for this motivation.
You are great
forever a Fan :)
(21:43). In other words, “When the going gets tough the tough get going." Don DeLillo, End Zone
I have been watching your videos and I appreciate your work. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Regarding this topic I have one question for you if you allow me.
What do you think is the result when a supervisor picks a good PhD student, promise him/her the best and then drains off all of his/her motivation and confidence during the process?
There are supervisors that really should not be allowed to have students. Most of the students, instead of getting a degree they are awarded with burnout.
I've been there, but in that case, it is better to change supervisors. And also manage our emotions with a counsellor at the University. I agree with this vlog in that the final end is to present a coherent written draft. The student-professor relationship is never easy, and it sometimes may involve drama. But if you don't get stuck with the fixation of the supervisor in specific aspects, I think you can actually make a strong case for yourself. To stop getting stuck, I recommend you to use online educational tool, such as Coursera--more specifically Academic Literacy, Writing in the Sciences, and maybe other courses you find useful. At the end, the examiners will point out other problems that your supervisor never did. This will balance the strenghts and weaknesess of your dissertation, and change the focus of what needs to be done to finish a PhD sucessfully.
finally something positive in the sea of youtubers talking about how PhDs are overrated
I found your channel so late, abandoned my PhD after 6 years of stress and depression in a Chinese university, I blame myself for trusting the fake promises of perusing my studies in that university, my expectations were so high, later I found that everything is fake! And what you see is not what you get! As a foreigner in China, I was isolated in lab and campus, my labmates were not friendly, the language barrier and communication were both the biggest issues ever, that journey was a waste of time and energy! Unfortunately.
Good luck for the future! Be brave!