Tag: mentalhealth

• Hello 2021: A recap of my PhD life in 2020

  

  As I am writing this reflection on the first day returning to the lab, I am thinking what should I be looking forward to 2021. There is still a lot of work to be done, before I could compile my work into a thesis for submission. The uncertainty does worry me a little, as the…

  Pei Qin Sabrina Ng

  January 11, 2021

  reflection

  2020, challenges, graduateschool, kindness, mentalhealth, newyear, Pandemic, phdlife, reflection, scicomm

• Are you a mentor or a supervisor?

  

  As I have grown to be more aware of how impactful good mentoring is to help students strive and grow, both in their career and personality.

  Pei Qin Sabrina Ng

  October 2, 2020

  Uncategorized

  apprenticehsip, blog, career development, connections, education, gradschool, inspiration, leader, leadership, mentalhealth, mentorship, mentorship matters, networking, phdlife, professional development, professional networking, soft skills, students, supervision, teaching, teamwork, university

• 5 lessons I have learnt about academia: a postgraduate student’s perspective (so far)

  

  I think that feeling of being thrown into the deep end and doing something you never thought you would accomplish is really powerful. Reshma Saujani

  Pei Qin Sabrina Ng

  March 16, 2019

  Uncategorized

  academia, challenges, endurance, growth, mentalhealth, optimism, research, scicomm, science