{"id":1583,"date":"2018-04-27T10:55:32","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T10:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/sagestudents\/?p=1583"},"modified":"2018-04-27T10:59:24","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T10:59:24","slug":"considering-postgraduate-study-qa-podcast-with-postgraduate-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/sagestudents\/2018\/04\/27\/considering-postgraduate-study-qa-podcast-with-postgraduate-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Considering postgraduate study? Q&amp;A podcast with postgraduate students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the Collaboration Week between the SAGE and Hive Scholars, we did a special podcast in which we interviewed two postgraduate students: Eve, who studies a Masters in Environmental Law, and Hive Scholar Veronica, who studies a PhD on Honeybees. We asked them our questions about postgraduate study, which include:<\/p>\n<p>0:19: How long is a Masters and how long is a PhD?<\/p>\n<p>0:44: Could you tell us about your day-to-day life and what it involves?<\/p>\n<p>2:10: How does your degree compare to undergrad study?<\/p>\n<p>3:31: What are your top tips for transitioning to postgraduate study?<\/p>\n<p>4:45: What\u2019s your favourite thing about postgraduate study?<\/p>\n<p>6:19: What\u2019s your least favourite thing about postgraduate study?<\/p>\n<p>7:15: Overall, would you recommend postgraduate study?<\/p>\n<p>8:16: Is it okay to take time out between doing an undergraduate and postgraduate degree?<\/p>\n<p>10:06: What is it like working with a supervisor?<\/p>\n<p>11:02: What\u2019s the most difficult thing to be prepared for in a postgraduate degree?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"676\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F424739139&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=676&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;dnt=1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Common themes throughout their answers were that postgraduate study includes more self-motivation and specificity. Their top tips were to determine how interested you are in your subject before doing postgraduate study and to establish a daily routine. 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