tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522311.post3883018774908223895..comments2024-03-12T03:23:42.976-04:00Comments on NeuroDojo: Stay put or boldy go?Zen Faulkeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07811309183398223358noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522311.post-70599069644964672282013-08-10T13:34:58.543-04:002013-08-10T13:34:58.543-04:00It's an exaggeration, perhaps, which I picked ...It's an exaggeration, perhaps, which I picked up from my undergrad supervisor. I think you will learn more and different stuff faster by moving.Zen Faulkeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07811309183398223358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522311.post-38885972008390935862013-08-10T12:16:07.983-04:002013-08-10T12:16:07.983-04:00> I often tell undergraduates, “Think hard abou...> I often tell undergraduates, “Think hard about going to another university for grad school. Because after you’ve hung out in a department for a bachelor’s you’ve probably learned a lot of what we have to teach you.” Other departments will have other strengths and things for students to learn.<br /><br />Do you really think this is true? I'm currently doing my PhD in the same department for my undergraduate degree. I think the experience I had has an undergraduate is completely different to that I am experiencing now. In fact everything I'm doing now wasn't even covered in any of my undergraduate courses. You also interact with academics in a completely different way—now I work with them rather than be taught by them. <br /><br />(But otherwise, I completely agree about moving for a new life experience and I am definitely moving abroad after my PhD is finished.)Tom Phillipshttp://blog.tomwphillps.co.uknoreply@blogger.com