We have our first guest in this week's episode of Get The Ph-Tea, as Chris Cornthwaite answers some of our questions on considering careers outside of academia. He shares some advice based on his own experiences and his own blogs on the topic. We also dive into our 'Procrastination of the Week' once again, including a cooking game and extensive keyboard cleaning!

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Episode Eleven: Careers Outside of Academia

In this week's episode of Get The Ph-Tea, we talk about wellbeing during a PhD and our own wellbeing strategies that we use to try and maintain a positive mindset. This topic is inspired by the #UniMentalHealthDay. We reveal the results of our latest Twitter poll for 'Procrastination of the Week'!

Episode Ten: University Wellbeing

In this week's episode of Get The Ph-Tea, we reflect on our experiences during our Undergraduate and Postgraduate studies and offer some advice that we would give our former selves. After our first poll from listeners to determine the winner of 'Procrastination of the Week', we discover who Twitter thinks is the best at avoiding their work!

Episode Nine: What I Wish I Knew...

Welcome to GetThePhTea with Sammy, Hannah and Tom! Join us as we dive into the strange, wonderful and sometimes testing world of doing a PhD. Including all the Do's, Don'ts and procrastination-filled fun.

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In this week's episode of Get The Ph-Tea, we focus on being able to go with the flow and accept changes that can happen during a PhD and life alongside your studies. The eight edition of 'Procrastination of the Week' leads to us asking the listeners to decide on the winner!

Episode Eight: Go With The Flow

In this week's episode of Get The Ph-Tea, we try to have a positive outlook on our research by finding all the positives and successes of our PhD journeys so far, including hitting milestones, gaining skills and networking. 'Procrastination of the Week' leads Sammy into the wonderful world of biscuits!

Episode Seven: Positivi-Tea

This week on Get The Ph-Tea, we discuss some of the early challenges that you can face when beginning a PhD, including Imposter Syndrome, loneliness and low levels of motivation. We try to offer some of our advice on how to overcome these obstacles when they arise. The fifth instalment of 'Procrastination of the Week' causes a heated debate between Hannah and Tom!

Episode Six: Early Challenges of a PhD

On this week's episode of Get The Ph-Tea, we discuss the misconceptions and misunderstandings that our family and friends have when trying to understand what we 'actually' do. We provide some of our own experiences with this as well as picking out some of our favourite examples from the world of academia! Also, the fourth instalment of 'Procrastination of the Week' sees Hannah becoming more and more desperate to get her first point on the board. 

Episode Five: So, what do you 'actually' do?

In this week's episode of Get the Ph-Tea, we focus on Tom's area of research, Alternative Education. He shares his knowledge on the topic as well as his experiences with Ethnography so far. Also, Tom and Hannah attempt to get their first point on the board in this week's edition of 'Procrastination of the Week'!

Episode Four: Alternative Education

After the festive break GetThePhTea has returned for episode 3! This time we focus on Sammy's area of research, looking at digital competence and the technological advancements of the modern world! Also, find out who wins the procrastination of the week!

Episode Three: Digital Competence

Episode two of GetThePh-Tea focuses on Hannah's area of research, dyslexia. Join us for a game of "fact" and "fiction", along with a controversial debate and the first procrastination of the week!

Episode two: Dyslexia

Welcome to our new PhD podcast, GetThePh-Tea! This episode includes an introduction to the podcast and to each of us, including our field of research and how our earlier studies have led to us this point and the creation of this podcast. Bare with us as we get to grips with the podcast world. Next week's episode with have improved audio, a theme jingle and a more structured discussion. 

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