Some say doctorates are designed for the pure love of research and to advance scientific knowledge, but this model excludes students who wish to pursue non-academic careers.

To recognize and remove biased language from your own letters of recommendation, you’ll need to locate and remove the inappropriate use of hedges and intensifiers.

Basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus, the 2nd largest fish in the sea, feeding by straining plankton through gill rakers, off Land’s End, Cornwall, U.K. (North Atlantic Ocean) – All media are authorized to use this image only with inclusion of photographer’s copyright notice as follows: “© Doug Perrine” and only in connection with news related to Western University research from this study. Photo by Doug Perrine.

Basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus, the 2nd largest fish in the sea, feeding by straining plankton through gill rakers, off Land’s End, Cornwall, U.K. (North Atlantic Ocean) – All media are authorized to use this image only with inclusion of photographer’s copyright notice as follows: “© Doug Perrine” and only in connection with news related to Western University research from this study. Photo by

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