Making the Most of Your PHD - Tip 15

PHD does not have to be lonely

• After all research is all about 'Standing on the shoulders of giants’ 
• Science is made up of communities not lonely people (Professor Sarah Sharples) 
• Learn from others – peers, present to mixed audiences, public 
• Engineering and Science Graduate Centre (ESGC) and it's events 
• Graduate school courses – mixed faculty audiences 
• Share half-baked ideas with supervisors
• Test ideas out, bounce ideas off peers
• Make sure you ask for help if needed
• Don’t isolate yourself