Some scholars seem to be unable to identify the fine line between a normal and an overwhelming work schedule. Often we realise too late that it is important to strive for balance first, before aiming ...

As a part-time PhD student, blocking out time both work and study helped Simone Willis to keep a good work–life balance. Credit: Paul Goode Photography, Simone Willis.

Oday Abushalbaq is a PhD candidate in Tracy Tran’s neuroscience lab at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey, and a team leader at the Molecular Neuroscience Unit of the Palestinian ...