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UCL players and PhD students are the same.
This is how:
This is how:
- They play the long game
A #UCLfinal championship isn’t won after one experiment. A PhD isn’t gained after one experiment.
Both work long and hard to perfect their skill, iteratively improving to the point of expertise.
A #UCLfinal championship isn’t won after one experiment. A PhD isn’t gained after one experiment.
Both work long and hard to perfect their skill, iteratively improving to the point of expertise.
- They have a niche
A UCL player has a specific role on the pitch. A PhD student is working on a very specific minuscule aspect of their research area.
Both focus on their craft and work alongside others to build a bigger picture.
A UCL player has a specific role on the pitch. A PhD student is working on a very specific minuscule aspect of their research area.
Both focus on their craft and work alongside others to build a bigger picture.
- They can’t exist without collaboration
A UCL player is part of a massive team. Team of players, managers, medics, physios etc. A PhD students is also part of a research group, including a PI, post-docs, lab technicians and more.
It’s impossible to go alone.
A UCL player is part of a massive team. Team of players, managers, medics, physios etc. A PhD students is also part of a research group, including a PI, post-docs, lab technicians and more.
It’s impossible to go alone.
- They have an unmatched level of discipline
A UCL player is required to eat, breathe and live a certain way to maintain a certain physical ability and for mental focus. A PhD student juggles a number of varying demands and has to meet every deadline.
Organisation is key.
A UCL player is required to eat, breathe and live a certain way to maintain a certain physical ability and for mental focus. A PhD student juggles a number of varying demands and has to meet every deadline.
Organisation is key.
- They communicate their skill
A UCL player plays in public. Their skill is up for scrutiny. A PhD student is required to showcase their work to others regularly. At confrences, seminars, journal clubs, publishing and more.
Their abilities are judged by others.
A UCL player plays in public. Their skill is up for scrutiny. A PhD student is required to showcase their work to others regularly. At confrences, seminars, journal clubs, publishing and more.
Their abilities are judged by others.
- They fail regularly
A UCL player regularly scores no goals or their team looses the match. But they get up and play another game. A PhD student faces failed experiments after failed experiments. They have to figure out how to do better next time and simply try again.
A UCL player regularly scores no goals or their team looses the match. But they get up and play another game. A PhD student faces failed experiments after failed experiments. They have to figure out how to do better next time and simply try again.
- They are coached
A UCL player has a coach and manager who oversees their skill, learning and growth. A PhD student is mentored constantly by a PI/researcher leader who supports that student towards being the best researcher.
It’s truly a learning process on both sides.
A UCL player has a coach and manager who oversees their skill, learning and growth. A PhD student is mentored constantly by a PI/researcher leader who supports that student towards being the best researcher.
It’s truly a learning process on both sides.
- They work within pressure curves
Imagine a sine wave - it goes up then down, up then down.
Both UCL players and PhD students have moments of intense pressure where a match is looming or a report deadline is nearing. In those days, it’s tough.
But then it calms down, a lot!
Imagine a sine wave - it goes up then down, up then down.
Both UCL players and PhD students have moments of intense pressure where a match is looming or a report deadline is nearing. In those days, it’s tough.
But then it calms down, a lot!
It then heats up and builds up again to a moment of high pressure. It calms down again and there is a low buzz of calm.
Being able to juggle both emotions and regulate the working environment is imperative.
Being able to juggle both emotions and regulate the working environment is imperative.
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