{"id":692,"date":"2021-05-04T13:47:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T12:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/doctoralstudies\/?p=692"},"modified":"2021-05-04T13:47:59","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T12:47:59","slug":"phdeets-podcast-talking-about-all-things-phd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/doctoralstudies\/2021\/05\/04\/phdeets-podcast-talking-about-all-things-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"PhDeets Podcast \u2013 Talking about all things PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blog post by Carolin Oetzmann, Katie White & Nicol Bergou.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The PhD Journey can be a turbulent one – from finding the right program to navigating supervisor struggles, and all the madness in between! PhDeets is a podcast aimed at current and prospective PhD students to share experiences and help those trying to figure it out.<\/p>\n

About the hosts<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Carolin<\/p><\/div>\n

We are three researchers working and studying at King\u2019s College London\u2019s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience.\u00a0 Each of us are in a different stage of our PhD journey. Katie is in her second year of a part-time PhD, alongside a research assistant role. Nicol is in her first year of a 1+3 programme funded by the Medical Research Council. Carolin is due to start her MRC funded PhD in September 2021, after contemplating whether doing a PhD was the right next step for her.<\/p>\n

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Nicol<\/p><\/div>\n

All three of us are the first in our families to do a PhD and we struggled to make sense of the different PhD programmes, funding options, application processes, career pathways and other things that are difficult to figure out without having a friend or relative who can answer your questions along the way. There is information online, but we wanted to create a platform where diverse student voices could be heard. Being avid podcast listeners, we decided to start a podcast ourselves.<\/p>\n

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Katie<\/p><\/div>\n

About PhDeets<\/strong><\/h4>\n

PhDeets is the podcast we wish we had when we were applying for our PhDs. Its target audience is current PhD students at all stages, as well as people who are deciding whether or not to apply, or those currently going through the ups and downs of the application process. We interview current PhD students, postdocs, lecturers, professors, people who left academia during or after their PhDs, those who are recruiting people with PhDs into industry positions, career advisers and really anyone who has any useful insights into the academic journey.<\/p>\n

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Previous episodes<\/strong><\/h4>\n

We use our experiences to inform the topics we cover, but we also reach out to people to ask what topics they\u2019d like to hear about. Some of our previous episodes are:<\/p>\n