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The resources listed below will help you to succeed at every level of your academic career journey!
Overview of resources
- 1. Successfully conducting PhD studies
- 2. Writing & publishing journal papers
- 3. Networks & partners
- 4. COVID 19
1. Successfully conducting PhD studies
Articles & guides
5 Reasons Why PhD Students Delay and How to Avoid
So you want to finish your PhD on time?
How to find time for research?
New to the PhD? – 5 tips for a great start!
Help! How to find the topic for my PhD?
What makes PhD students succeed?
Plan your project – save your PhD!
5 ways to boost your energy as a researcher!
Overwhelmed by PhD work? Here’s the way out!
Six smart strategies for a strong Academic CV
PhD motivation running low? Here’s the cure!
Ten hacks to quick-start your thesis writing!
How to get a private life and a PhD
What’s needed to finish your PhD?
PhD project-planning quick-start
Worksheets & checklists
Factsheet: What type of dissertation do I hand in & what to consider?
Self-check: How good is my PhD supervision?
Factsheet: Join a side project? YES or NO
Quick guide: Planning your PhD project
Self-test: Do you struggle with your PhD?
Worksheet: 6 steps to outline a PhD project plan
Worksheet: 6 steps to regain your personal life
Worksheet: Identify reasons for the delay with your PhD
Worksheet: Instant help with PhD overwhelm
Worksheet: 5 tips to get your message across to your supervisor
Worksheet: How to tackle low motivation
Worksheet: How to get out of low PhD motivation?
Videos & audios
2. Writing & publishing journal papers
Articles & guides
5 strategies to avoid initial paper rejection
Predatory journals: How to identify them?
5 tips to get a paper accepted this year
Mastering the literature review during the Corona lockdown
Suggesting reviewers for your paper: rules to consider
Writing productivity: Write more in less time
Writer’s block: Stuck on your paper, with no idea how to move forward?
Train your writing muscle: Achieve better results
How to work on your paper without struggle
5 warning signs that indicate you should change the way you write papers
5 decisions that make writing your paper so much easier
Find the right journal for your paper following these 8 steps
Plagiarism and how to avoid it
Five criteria every academic author should fulfil
The perfect paper—and how to create yours!
Worksheets & checklists
Checklist: Journal Paper Types
Cheatsheet: Phrases to use when responding to reviewers
Worksheet: My publishing strategy
Decision tree: My options after being rejected!
Worksheet: Assessing rejection risk
Worksheet: Preventing writer’s block
Worksheet: My struggle-free writing checklist
Worksheet: Paper-writing training plan
Checklist: Good Review Reports
Checklist: Plagiarism self-check
Worksheet: Identify your paper topic
Worksheet: How to write YOUR perfect paper
Videos
3. Networks, tools & partners
Podcasts
Software & services
Freedom: A great tool to stop you from being distracted by all sorts of activities on your computer! It will boost your efficiency.
Todoist: A great task manager tool to get you organised.
American Journal Experts provide language editing, formatting, translation and figure preparation for journal papers
Networks & partners
Eurodoc, the European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers, one of our collaborators in a joined EU project.
Passage2Pro is a career coaching company delivering career & leadership coaching and training for PhDs with a career ambition outside academia.
4. COVID 19
Articles & guides
20 great ways to stay productive when Corona (COVID-19) has locked you out of university
Create your perfect home-office day!
Overcoming low motivation while in COVID-19 lockdown!
15 steps to get a paper written during the Corona lockdown
Mastering the literature review during the Corona lockdown