Academic identity – Dr Lynette Pretorius https://www.lynettepretorius.com Educator and researcher Fri, 26 Jun 2026 05:26:35 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.lynettepretorius.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cropped-cropped-cropped-Default_Create_a_picture_of_a_female_university_professor_teac_3_e8bd4cfc-2b6b-4bdc-9bed-ffb81511bdf3_3-32x32.jpg Academic identity – Dr Lynette Pretorius https://www.lynettepretorius.com 32 32 What does success really look like for an international PhD student? https://www.lynettepretorius.com/the_scholars_way_blog/success-international-phd-student/ https://www.lynettepretorius.com/the_scholars_way_blog/success-international-phd-student/#respond Thu, 21 May 2026 05:58:29 +0000 https://www.lynettepretorius.com/?p=2137 Continue Reading ]]> https://www.lynettepretorius.com/the_scholars_way_blog/success-international-phd-student/feed/ 0 Learning how academia really works: what doctoral students discover beyond the PhD handbook 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