Final year PhD: how to balance your thesis deadline and job search

By Victoria McGowan and Erika Brockfeld . With pressure building to have a job lined up post-submission, Victoria McGowan and Erika Brockfeld offer advice to final year PhD candidates on facing their fears – and the future. After years of hard slog you've finally made it to your final year. When people ask you what you're doing, no longer do you launch into a monologue on how your research is going to save the planet; instead dumbing down your work into the shortest soundbite you can think of. Read more...