Welcome back to Season 2 of The Other Kind of Doctor! This week, Gemma and Gaia discuss how to survive your first term as PhD student! They share the challenges they faced when they started their PhD, how to transition to a new way of working, and establishing your support network as a PhD student.

Stay tuned for the end of the episode for this week's 'Brain Bites' - Do fidget toys help with concentration?

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We get a lot of comments on our podcast explaining how 'professional' and 'seamless' our podcast episodes are... So we thought we would share our many bloopers from Series 1!

We had such a great time recording Series 1, and we will be back very soon with exciting new content for Series 2.

Enjoy! (and apologies to our supervisors)

Edited by Series 1 Podcast Editor, Teale Failla

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This week, Gemma and Gaia are joined by Lewis Champion. Lewis is a History PhD student at Royal Holloway, and is also working full-time as a Data Analyst. In this episode, Lewis shares his experience of working full-time while studying for a PhD, and discusses how to maintain a good work-life balance, as well as some of the challenges he has experienced. Lastly, he gives his top tips for working full-time while completing a PhD.

Stay tuned for the end of the episode for this week's 'Brain Bites' - Do lie detectors actually work?

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This week, Gemma and Gaia are joined by Jo Grace. Jo is studying for a PhD at the University of Southampton, and is also the founder of The Sensory Project. In this episode, Jo shares her experience of transitioning from working within practice to working in research, and discusses what can be done to improve collaboration between research and practice.

Stay tuned for the end of the episode for this week's 'Brain Bites' - Do highlighters actually help learning, or do they just look pretty?

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This week, Gemma and Gaia are joined by Sarah Richardson. Sarah is an English PhD student ay Royal Holloway. In this episode, Sarah shares her experience as a long-distance PhD student, how to set boundaries when working from home, as well some of the challenges she has experienced. Lastly, she gives her top tips for long-distance PhD students.

Stay tuned for the end of the episode for this week's 'Brain Bites' - Is it better to take handwritten notes or computer notes?

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This week, Gemma and Gaia are joined by Arshia Choudhury. Arshia is studying for a DClinPsy (Clinical Psychology Doctorate) at Royal Holloway. In this episode, Arshia shares her experience of studying for her professional practice PhD, how this differs to a research PhD, as well some of the challenges she has experienced. Lastly, she gives her top tips for students studying a professional practice PhD.

Stay tuned for the end of the episode for this week's 'Brain Bites' - What influence has 'BookTok' had on getting adults back into reading?

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This week, Gemma and Gaia are joined by Cheng-Yu Hsieh. Cheng-Yu is a third year PhD student at Royal Holloway. In this episode, Cheng-Yu shares his experience as an international PhD student, how to approach potential supervisors, as well some of the challenges he has experienced. Lastly, he gives his top tips for international PhD students.

Stay tuned for the end of the episode for this week's 'Brain Bites' - What are the wellbeing effects of dancing to your favourite songs?

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This week, Gemma and Gaia discuss overcoming writer's block by following advice from Dr Vicky Penn, who is a researcher development officer at Royal Holloway. They discuss different techniques such as the pomodoro method and freewriting, and reflect on their own experiences of (trying to) overcome writer's block.

Stay tuned for the end of the episode for this week's 'Brain Bites' - Is taking your annual leave really that important?

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This week, Gaia is joined by our very own Ryan Jefferies. Ryan is a first year PhD student in Psychology at Royal Holloway, but his academic career started with an undergraduate degree in History at UCL. In this episode, Ryan shares his experience of changing academic field, taking a long break from academia, and finding the love of his life in the process. Lastly, he gives his top tips for students wanting to change academic field.

Stay tuned for the end of the episode for this week's 'Brain Bites' - Does having a creative hobby help you unwind?

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This week, Gemma and Gaia Ryan are joined by Pip Brown. Pip is a third year PhD student from the University of Warwick, currently at Royal Holloway on their second study visit. In this episode, Pip shares their experience of doing a study visit during the PhD, how to approach potential research groups for study visits, as well as how to get back into the swing of PhD life when you come back. Lastly, they gives their top tips for PhD students wanting to do a study visit.

Stay tuned for the end of the episode for this week's 'Brain Bites' - Why do we feel guilty for having a day off sick?

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