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The projects I'll be working on when I'm not doing my PhD are @the_scholarly_letter_ and Scholar Square (forgot to add that in the video lol)
1. Supervisors:
I won't have a formal supervisor for most of it. But I will have people around me through our community Scholar Square. There are many people who are doing their PhDs or just about to finish. @dr.san__ , to name just one, has already been helping me with a structure for the first 21 months that mirrors her own formal PhD program. I know I'll be able to lean on them.
2. University affiliation:
I am aware that journey will require approval from traditional academic journals. Eventually, it will require approval from a traditional University as well. Exactly how to reconcile this with a desire to do independent scholarship I don't have a perfect answer for yet. But for the most part, I'll be outside the academy.
3. Can you publish without an affiliation?
Yes. If your paper is good enough. It has been done for many years and will continue to be done for many to come.
4. Have I chosen the University I will apply to?
Yes. At this (very early stage) it looks like the faculty at Warwick University have overlapping expertise with my proposed area of research. The University may change who knows, but that's the plan.
5. What will I do after?
I don't know. If I can support my scholarship for the next 6 years and earn a PhD independently then I think I'll be just fine. I don't want an academic career. The goal has never been to become a tenured track professor.
6. What if I fail?
It's possible. In 6 years time if all I have to show for my efforts is a publication or two then I will have failed at earning my PhD by this deadline. But I think I'd have made my point - scholarship can exist outside academia.
#academia #research #scholar #phd #science
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