Vlogs

Want to get a real insight into what it’s like to do a PhD? We have invited PhD students at various stages of their PhD and locations to film themselves over a month and share their videos with you. Follow the jobs.ac.uk PhD vlogging series as our vloggers cover everything from starting a PhD, moving abroad to do a PhD, finding funding opportunities to viva preparation and finding your first academic job. If you want to try vlogging yourself you can watch our tips video. Please share these vlogs on social media and tell us what you think on Twitter using the hashtag #PhDvlog and @jobsacuk

Abbie Jones, 3rd year PhD Student Vlog1.

Hello! I am Abbie, I am 33-year-old, and I am just starting my 3rd year of my PhD at the University of Bath, UK. As PhD programmes vary worldwide

Abbie Jones, 3rd Year PhD Student

Conferences and travelling: the glamorous and not so glamorous truth In her 2nd Vlog, Abbie talks about the amazing opportunities that international conferences can offer, but also discusses the downside of jetlag, time away from research and the impact overall of long haul travel. “It’s all about the balance,” she says, “overall, conferences and other…>

PhD Vlog Introduction: Wade Kelly

Meet Wade, a second-year PhD student in International Studies at the Charles Sturt University, Australia. In this video Wade introduces you to his vlog, and what to expect from his vlogs over the next month, including travelling to Europe for conferences, carrying out transcriptions and starting his analysis work. Follow the vlogging month as we…>

PhD Vlog Week 1: Wade Kelly

Meet Wade, a second year PhD student in International Studies at the Charles Sturt University, Australia. In Week 1, Wade is planning ahead for the next few years, balancing teaching, transcribing interviews for his research, and preparing to present during a trip to Copenhagen. Follow the vlogging series as we invite PhD students at various…>

PhD Vlog Week 2: Wade Kelly

Meet Wade, a second-year PhD student in International Studies at the Charles Sturt University, Australia. In Week Two, Wade attends his university’s Research Retreat Centre for a week to see other types of research and to network. He has just hosted Nerd Nite too and arranged for a speaker to attend from Melbourne and give…>

PhD Vlog Week 3: Wade Kelly

Meet Wade, a second year PhD student in International Studies at the Charles Sturt University, Australia. In Week Three Wade discusses his work-life balance as a PhD student and talks about a Ground Theory workshop he has recently attended and how it helped him to fill gaps in his knowledge. Follow the vlogging series as…>

PhD Vlog Week 4: Wade Kelly

Meet Wade, a second-year PhD student in International Studies at the Charles Stuart University, Australia. In Week Four, Wade speaks to us from Copenhagen, where he has travelled to for a conference organised by the Association for Information Science and Technology. Wade describes the experience as simultaneously exhausting and thoroughly energising, and found the experience…>

PhD Vlog 6 Months On: Wade Kelly

Meet Wade who started his PhD in International Studies at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga, Australia. We followed Wade for 1 month in the autumn of 2016, you can watch back his vlogs here: http://bit.ly/wadevlogs In this video, we check in with Wade to see how he has got on in the last 6…>

PhD Vlogs 1 Year On: Wade Kelly

PhD Vlog Week 2: Verena Stingl

Meet Verena a PhD student at the Technical University of Denmark. Verena is studying Project Management Studies and Behavioural Sciences in Engineering projects. In week two of Verena’s vlogs, she gives us an insight into her collaborating with researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and talks us through the biggest challenges with…>