Dr Andy Stapleton, PhD

Writing a thesis or dissertation can be a tall task for a person to handle all alone. Luckily there are such things as professional thesis help. How much will getting professionals to help with your thesis cost? Doctoral candidates often pay between $2,000 and $10,000 for professional thesis services, including formatting, plagiarism checks, and complex … Read more

If you are looking for apply for postdoc positions, you may see that a cover letter is needed. You may wonder how to write one, and if there are postdoc cover letter samples you can refer to. This post will do just that, sharing 3 postdoc cover letter samples, and some tips to help you … Read more

Many academics and researchers swear by ChatPDF – its document focused approach makes it a powerful tool to help in research work. What are the ChatPDF prompts you can use to make the most use of this powerful AI tool? Some great prompts to use with ChatPDF include: This post explores what is ChatPDF, and … Read more

If you are new in the academic world, journals can be a maze to navigate. Theres so many of them, like peer-reviewed journals, indexed journals, and more. What about open access journals? What are they? Open access journals are usually academic journals that are free to be accessed, read and shared worldwide. Open access journals … Read more

Postdocs can be a bit of a cloudy maze – many are not sure what they do, or how they compare to a professor or other roles in the academic world. So, what is a postdoc really? A postdoc is usually an entry-level, temporary academic position for PhD graduates. Postdocs usually conduct advanced research, write … Read more

For a PhD, The natural path in academia would be to first become a postdoc, before eventually making your way up to become a tenured professor. Question is, how to become a postdoc? What’s the postdoc application process like? A postdoc application process usually looks like this: This post explores the postdoc application process, and … Read more

While many earn a PhD with the dream to enter academia, not many will have the opportunity to become one. If teaching in university doesn’t work out, can you teach in schools? Does a PhD qualify you to teach in say, K12 schools? Generally A PhD does not quality you to teach in a K12 … Read more

The reality of postdocs not being paid well enough can be shocking – these are people who have dedicated their lives to research and earning PhDs, yet they make less than a librarian. Why are postdocs so underpaid? Postdocs are underpaid (around $45,000 to $65,000) due to several reasons: This post attempts to explain the … Read more

Ask many PhDs and many would at least dreamed of one day becoming a professor. However, not many actually made it in the journey, as it can be a long, ardious one. How is a PhD to professor transition like? The journey of PhD to professor transition starts with a Postdoctoral research, before becoming an … Read more

SciSpace is a popular with academics, researchers, and anyone writing complex materials. As a postgrad, you may have been asked to give this software a try. What is SciSpace Paraphraser, and how does it work? SciSpace Paraphraser is an AI-powered platform offering tools for academics or anyone performing complex writing. The software comes with a … Read more