6 things I wish someone had told me at the beginning of my PhD

Jodie Martin

PhD candidate

Linguistics

Dr – 1 year

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*you have a right to a lockable filing cabinet, but not a giant lockable filing cabinet. Sorry.

5. You’ll get there

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Don’t let your participants choose their own codenames unless you want to refer to Maverick and co throughout your thesis

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Don’t let your desk become a fire hazard: don’t borrow every book or print every article

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We’re all a little fragile about our research at first (and at last)

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