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When do you feel like an imposter?
When you win an award or get a prize?
Why did they pick me?
The other people seem more qualified or capable.
Maybe they made a mistake?
When you win an award or get a prize?
Why did they pick me?
The other people seem more qualified or capable.
Maybe they made a mistake?
November 14, 2025 at 6:00 AM
When do you feel like an imposter?
When you win an award or get a prize?
Why did they pick me?
The other people seem more qualified or capable.
Maybe they made a mistake?
When you win an award or get a prize?
Why did they pick me?
The other people seem more qualified or capable.
Maybe they made a mistake?
When do you feel like an imposter?
When you go to a important meeting and they ask everyone to introduce themselves.
They all seem so important. You wonder why you are there.
When you go to a important meeting and they ask everyone to introduce themselves.
They all seem so important. You wonder why you are there.
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
When do you feel like an imposter?
When you go to a important meeting and they ask everyone to introduce themselves.
They all seem so important. You wonder why you are there.
When you go to a important meeting and they ask everyone to introduce themselves.
They all seem so important. You wonder why you are there.
When do you feel like an imposter?
That first lecture you give when you feel you are just one page ahead of the students?
That first lecture you give when you feel you are just one page ahead of the students?
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM
When do you feel like an imposter?
That first lecture you give when you feel you are just one page ahead of the students?
That first lecture you give when you feel you are just one page ahead of the students?
When do you feel like an imposter?
Meeting with your supervisor can do it.
You want to impress them but they keep asking difficult questions.
It can make you feel like you don't know anything.
#PhDchat
Meeting with your supervisor can do it.
You want to impress them but they keep asking difficult questions.
It can make you feel like you don't know anything.
#PhDchat
November 13, 2025 at 3:30 AM
When do you feel like an imposter?
Meeting with your supervisor can do it.
You want to impress them but they keep asking difficult questions.
It can make you feel like you don't know anything.
#PhDchat
Meeting with your supervisor can do it.
You want to impress them but they keep asking difficult questions.
It can make you feel like you don't know anything.
#PhDchat
When do you feel like an imposter?
Academic conferences are good for this. Especially when you are new.
All those big names. People you've cited.
And now you're going to stand up and present to them.
Scary!
Academic conferences are good for this. Especially when you are new.
All those big names. People you've cited.
And now you're going to stand up and present to them.
Scary!
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 AM
When do you feel like an imposter?
Academic conferences are good for this. Especially when you are new.
All those big names. People you've cited.
And now you're going to stand up and present to them.
Scary!
Academic conferences are good for this. Especially when you are new.
All those big names. People you've cited.
And now you're going to stand up and present to them.
Scary!
The imposter voices.
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The imposter voices.
Know your imposter moments:
- Your first lecture
- A new role
- Writing
- When you make a mistoke
These might make you feel like an imposter but they don't mean you are one.
#PhDForum #gradschool
- Your first lecture
- A new role
- Writing
- When you make a mistoke
These might make you feel like an imposter but they don't mean you are one.
#PhDForum #gradschool
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Know your imposter moments:
- Your first lecture
- A new role
- Writing
- When you make a mistoke
These might make you feel like an imposter but they don't mean you are one.
#PhDForum #gradschool
- Your first lecture
- A new role
- Writing
- When you make a mistoke
These might make you feel like an imposter but they don't mean you are one.
#PhDForum #gradschool
Here are some phrases we use to discount our successes. How do you do it? Instead, when someone gives you a compliment, just say Thank you. No need to discount.
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Here are some phrases we use to discount our successes. How do you do it? Instead, when someone gives you a compliment, just say Thank you. No need to discount.
November 7, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I not addicted to technology. I can stop any time I like.
#AndPigsMightFly #PhDchat #PhDforum #gradschool
#AndPigsMightFly #PhDchat #PhDforum #gradschool
November 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I not addicted to technology. I can stop any time I like.
#AndPigsMightFly #PhDchat #PhDforum #gradschool
#AndPigsMightFly #PhDchat #PhDforum #gradschool
November 6, 2025 at 6:00 AM
If you are a giver, remember to learn your limits -
because the takers don't have any.
because the takers don't have any.
November 6, 2025 at 3:30 AM
If you are a giver, remember to learn your limits -
because the takers don't have any.
because the takers don't have any.
The nice thing about academic is the flexibility.
The terrible thing about academia is the flexibility.
The terrible thing about academia is the flexibility.
November 5, 2025 at 6:00 AM
The nice thing about academic is the flexibility.
The terrible thing about academia is the flexibility.
The terrible thing about academia is the flexibility.
The pie chart and the avacado chart. @ErrantScience
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The pie chart and the avacado chart. @ErrantScience
Burnout. @lizandmollie
November 4, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Burnout. @lizandmollie
#MentalHealth tip:
How about a new series of awards:
The person who:
Went home on time
Didn't check emails at night
Stayed at home with a sick child
Supported a colleague under pressure
Said No to exciting opportunity so could spend more time at home
Let's celebrate these people.
How about a new series of awards:
The person who:
Went home on time
Didn't check emails at night
Stayed at home with a sick child
Supported a colleague under pressure
Said No to exciting opportunity so could spend more time at home
Let's celebrate these people.
November 4, 2025 at 3:30 AM
#MentalHealth tip:
How about a new series of awards:
The person who:
Went home on time
Didn't check emails at night
Stayed at home with a sick child
Supported a colleague under pressure
Said No to exciting opportunity so could spend more time at home
Let's celebrate these people.
How about a new series of awards:
The person who:
Went home on time
Didn't check emails at night
Stayed at home with a sick child
Supported a colleague under pressure
Said No to exciting opportunity so could spend more time at home
Let's celebrate these people.
#MentalHealth tip: Take a break before you enter the red zone. Rest and recover so you can be more effective in the longer term. @lizandmollie
November 3, 2025 at 6:00 AM
#MentalHealth tip: Take a break before you enter the red zone. Rest and recover so you can be more effective in the longer term. @lizandmollie
#Halloween2025
An unfinished thesi_ Scary.
An unfinished thesi_ Scary.
November 3, 2025 at 3:30 AM
#Halloween2025
An unfinished thesi_ Scary.
An unfinished thesi_ Scary.
Scary reviewer 3.
October 31, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Scary reviewer 3.
How to scare a researcher!
October 30, 2025 at 6:00 AM
How to scare a researcher!
#HandlingQuestions at conferences
If you get a complex or multi-part question.
You could pick one part and answer that
Paraphrase the question into something more manageable
Ask them to come and talk to you afterwards
If you get a complex or multi-part question.
You could pick one part and answer that
Paraphrase the question into something more manageable
Ask them to come and talk to you afterwards
October 29, 2025 at 6:01 AM
#HandlingQuestions at conferences
If you get a complex or multi-part question.
You could pick one part and answer that
Paraphrase the question into something more manageable
Ask them to come and talk to you afterwards
If you get a complex or multi-part question.
You could pick one part and answer that
Paraphrase the question into something more manageable
Ask them to come and talk to you afterwards
#HandlingQuestions at conferences
What if you can't understand the question?
1. Ask them to repeat the question
2. Ask the audience if they can help
3. Paraphrase the question - or what you think it is
4. Ask them to come and talk to you afterwards
What if you can't understand the question?
1. Ask them to repeat the question
2. Ask the audience if they can help
3. Paraphrase the question - or what you think it is
4. Ask them to come and talk to you afterwards
October 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
#HandlingQuestions at conferences
What if you can't understand the question?
1. Ask them to repeat the question
2. Ask the audience if they can help
3. Paraphrase the question - or what you think it is
4. Ask them to come and talk to you afterwards
What if you can't understand the question?
1. Ask them to repeat the question
2. Ask the audience if they can help
3. Paraphrase the question - or what you think it is
4. Ask them to come and talk to you afterwards
#HandlingQuestions: Questions outside your area.
Stick to the stuff you're good at. If you go outside your scope you're in danger.
Stick to the stuff you're good at. If you go outside your scope you're in danger.
October 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM
#HandlingQuestions: Questions outside your area.
Stick to the stuff you're good at. If you go outside your scope you're in danger.
Stick to the stuff you're good at. If you go outside your scope you're in danger.
Organising a conference or a seminar? How about renaming Question Time as Discussion Time? Question time sounds a bit like an interrogation or a viva. Discussion time, which can include questions, seems more like a dialogue and exchange of views.
October 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Organising a conference or a seminar? How about renaming Question Time as Discussion Time? Question time sounds a bit like an interrogation or a viva. Discussion time, which can include questions, seems more like a dialogue and exchange of views.