Our guest for this episode is Dr. Louise Baron. Dr. Baron is a tutor in transferable skills courses for research students since 2001. She has designed and presented these courses at UCL, Imperial college London, Oxford University and several other Universities. She is also the tutor for the award-winning workshop “Finish Up, Move On”. The two-day workshop is designed to help PhD students prepare for their next career plans after finishing the final stage of their PhD.
In this episode, Dr. Louise will give insights on the not so fun part of the PhD journey. She will talk about the messed up aspects of the PhD and how to navigate the blunders. Using her expertise in tutoring different students over the years, she will share some strategies to maintain our motivations and resilience throughout our PhD journey. This episode will be a great ‘How to’ that will help any PhD student understand the misfortunes we all face and how to over these difficulties.