A practical look at experimental PhD lab work, data cleanup, and the patience behind long test days.
This episode keeps its feet on the ground, tracing an experimental PhD from undergraduate lab help through master's work and into a PhD program.

AcademicTransfer
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A bi-weekly podcast covering all tips and tricks for starting or pursuing a research career in The Netherlands. Hosted by Jeroen Sparla, the managing director of AcademicTransfer. AcademicTransfer is since 1997 been the leading career platform for researchers worldwide with research- and scientific job openings in The Netherlands. Are you a Master’s student, researcher, PhD, Postdoc, assistant- associate- or even full professor, or have the ambition to become one? Or do research in the industry? This podcast is for you!
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A practical look at experimental PhD lab work, data cleanup, and the patience behind long test days.
This episode keeps its feet on the ground, tracing an experimental PhD from undergraduate lab help through master's work and into a PhD program.
A grounded look at how graduate funding shifts by country, school, and cost of living.
The episode lays out what graduate grants and scholarships are supposed to cover, with a practical look at travel, living costs, and the way support shifts by country, university, and local prices.
A practical map of PhD life, with the main milestones laid out clearly.
This episode gives a clear, practical look at the PhD timeline by comparing Canada and the Netherlands. It works best when it walks through the milestones one by one: the literature review, research proposal, comprehensive exam, credits, and the go no go meeting.

Campus radio from the wrong side of reality.

Campus decisions, Northeast news, and Northeast priorities.



How research culture changes in practice.

Conversations from inside the IT channel.
This episode of the AcademicTransfer Career Advice Podcast provides six practical strategies for researchers to find job opportunities beyond traditional job boards.
AcademicTransfer Career Advice Podcast episode 9 focuses on grants and scholarships for graduate studies, with Eva and Rico comparing Canada, Belgium, Ecuador, McGill, TU Delft, and Fulbright/BAEF funding.
Hosts Eva and Rico discuss the realities of lab work in a PhD, focusing on Rico's hands-on experience with reinforced concrete experiments.
Eva and Rico discuss PhD timelines, comparing experiences in engineering programs in Canada and the Netherlands, covering milestones, employment status, teaching roles, and international variations.