Useful resources
Plateforms
This Discord server offers a welcoming virtual space dedicated to doctoral and postdoctoral life in the Suisse Romande region.
Its goal is to break isolation, provide a stimulating work environment, share resources, and foster peer-to-peer exchange. Key features include:
- Virtual coworking rooms to work together remotely
- A space for sharing resources, tools, and practical advice
- A discussion channel to ask questions, seek support, or simply connect
- The possibility to organize meetups among doctoral and postdoctoral researchers
- Awesome Life Science Ressources: A curated list of resources for graduate students, postdocs, and group leaders in the life sciences. (Scientific writing, Job application, Work culture and management, …)
Blogs
- DoctoratDonut: Articles, tips, and advice for thriving during your PhD
- Thèsez-vous? Guidance and support for thesis writing
- Docteur & Compagnie:Ideas, insights, and practical advice for transitioning into the corporate world
- The PhD Life Raft: Strategies and resources to support your doctoral journey
- PhD Talk: Solutions to everyday challenges during the PhD
- The PhD Life Coach: Mental health support for academic careers
- A Happy PhD: Tips for finishing your PhD well: productivity, writing, wellbeing, and dealing with setbacks
Podcasts
PhD Experience
- The PhD Life Coach
- The PhD Life Raft
- PhD Talk
- The Struggling Scientists
- The academic imperfectionist
Life After the PhD
- Doctor: What now?
- Beyond the thesis with Papa PhD
- Changing academic life
- PostPhDirections
- PhD Career Stories
- Better Biologist
- The Struggling Scientists: Leaving Academia for a non-academic career
Skills Assessment Tools
Plateforms
- Awesome Life Science Ressources: A curated list of resources for graduate students, postdocs, and group leaders in the life sciences. (Scientific writing, Job application, Work culture and management, …)
Podcasts
Life After the PhD
Guides
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- MSCA-Guidelines on Supervision
- LERU-Holistic view on doctoral supervision
- GO-GN-Guide to Doctoral Supervision
- UniWIND-Recommendations and good practice for universities and doctoral supervisors
- UniFR-Conditions de réussite de la supervision doctorale
- A beginner’s guide to supervising a PhD researcher
Platforms
- Awesome Life Science Ressources: A curated list of resources for graduate students, postdocs, and group leaders in the life sciences. (Scientific writing, Job application, Work culture and management, …)
Blogs
- Supervising PhDs- Community blog on dcotoral supervision
- What makes a good supervisor? PhD Academy
Podcasts
- Effective Supervision- University of Alberta
- Become a Good PhD Supervisor_Stockholm University
