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Tag Archives: PhD
Doctoral Students’ Stories – Reasons to Undertake the Journey
This spring we brought you some stories from various (mostly financial) challenges doctoral students face every day. Despite all that, each year hundreds of young researchers both start and carry on with their doctoral studies. It is reasonable to ask … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Estonia, Research, Student life, Studies, Tartu
Tagged Doctoral student, Doctoral students, Leene Korp, Maarja Kõrkjas, PhD, PhD student, PhD studies, Randel Kreitsberg, Signe Ivask
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The Perks and Perils of Doctoral Studies – How About You?
Work done for free, at night and weekends, unsatisfactory social guarantees with a salary near the minimum wage – this is your everyday life when you’re pursuing a doctoral degree. Completing the normal duration of the studies seems rather like … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Research, Student life
Tagged Doctoral student, Doctoral students, PhD, PhD student, PhD studies
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Kikee D. Bhutia: Reviving the Sikkimese (Denjongpo) culture
Doctoral student Kikee D. Bhutia from Sikkim, India is certain that the knowledge and experience gained from the Department of Estonian and Comparative Folklore will help her better research her own community, the Bhutia, as well as to understand their traditions and culture. Continue reading
Posted in Career, Estonia, Humanities, Research, Student life, Studies, Tartu
Tagged beliefs, folklore, patronage, PhD, pilgrimage, proverbs, rituals, values
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A Discovery Puts the Brakes on a Cancer-Inducing Virus
A freshly defended PhD thesis outlines novel inhibitors of the cancer-inducing human papillomavirus. Continue reading
Posted in Medical sciences, Research, Studies
Tagged biomedicine, cancer, cervical cancer, HPV, papilloma virus, PhD, PhD thesis
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3 PhDs from India: We Love Estonian Christmas
Listen to 3 PhDs from India discussing their scientific journeys, food, climate, and more. Continue reading