LoisAfuaOkyerewaaDamptey~ѕℓαу мcѕcιєηcє
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Best PhD stud(runner)|Presented research at UK @HouseofCommons ||Materials Eng.||Founder @Dearyounggrad & @SankofaMHub || 1 of 74 who inspire Gh. @thosewhoinspire
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Surpriseee!!!!!
This was fun to do - considering i spoke to a few the morning before my flight, then evening bam!
Ignore my annoying laughter - other social media handles saw it first
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Corn dough (ma ) : £3.59 = 34cedis
Cassava dough (agblema) : £2 = 19cedis
You still wan come UK?
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I rarely cry but it was all tears yesterday - couldn’t help it.
I finally defended PhD thesis
This is not an official post yet but I’m allowed to sprinkle some emotions here.
We made it guyyss!
This PhD race is not for the smartest, it’s for the perseverer. Alas we got here.
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I thought I’ve heard it all but No
A girl just texted me that she’s doing a straight PhD in the US with a 2nd class lower from Bachelors
Type YES if you want me to host her
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The last time I was at Westminster Abbey was at the House of Commons where I was one of the 30 selected among 1000s to present my research work. This was 6months into my PhD when I didn’t even my left from my right.
I’m back again as flag representative for Ghana for
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Stripped naked on Ghana's media this week. Thanks to
@TheGhanaWeb
@kuulpeeps_
@Starr1035Fm
@independentghana
@yencomgh
& all those I couldn't capture or post here
@STEM4Brit
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This Friday, 28thJan, I’ll be hosting
@lyd_okyere
to talk on her journey on how she landed a PhD with a 2nd class lower.
Time: 7:30pmGMT
Set a reminder! & tag someone
Follow
@Dearyounggrad
for available fully funded scholarships
#SpaceswithLois
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Someone wake me up from my sleep.... Unbelievable!!... just few months in my
#phdjourney
@OpenUniversity
@OUGradSch
#stem4brit20
#scienceinparliament
#stem
#research
#youngengineers
#youngresearchers
#phd
@womenwhoengineer
@BlackWomenPhDs
@blackgirlsinstem
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Ladieeesssss
You don't need to be exceptionally brilliant to do science. Science is hard for everyone, you just need the right attitude, curiosity & persistence.
And mind you, you can still slay whiles at it...Its our day
#happyintldaytowomeninscience
#engineers
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Your engineer’s fav engineer is +1.
As i ponder over the year under review, all i can say is God has been good, is good and continue to be good.
2 songs on my heart;
1. Nyame te ase 🎶
2. Adom ne ahunu mɔbrɔ
#birthdaygirl
#happybirthday
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Don’t let anyone deceive you that you can work and pay for your studies abroad (maybe few countries)
Try hard and get a fully funded scholarship.
Else have some money sitting in the bank somewhere
Hearing too many stressful stories this week. Yoo! Bam!
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We wonn!!
I’ve being trying to find the right words but sometimes no words mean a lot
2 projects that I’m grateful for
1. STEM4Africa ()
2. OpenSTEMAfrica ()
Thanks to
@TheGhanaWeb
for the recognition &
@OpenUniversity
for the news
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You’re looking at the best PhD student (runner up)
A story of a girl who all she had was God, passion, availability and hardwork.
Thanks to
@OpenUniversity
for the recognition & my supervisor Prof
@Krish_Satheesh
for your unrentless support & Dr
@Camilasr89
for the nomination
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Thanks
@kuulpeeps_
Lois Damptey: Ghanaian PhD Student To Share Her Research Findings With UK Parliament This March
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Guess who just got shortlisted for Research Excellence PhD award by
@OpenUniversity
Let me celebrate now, just Incase I don’t win, but if I win, we go dirty ourselves for here
@OUGradSch
@OU_STEM
@OUstudents
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Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
A STEMINIST right here ✌🏾
Let’s help show the younger ones that it’s possible
Signed by:
Your fav engineer & gangalier (gang leader)
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I’m not too much of an emotional person but this right here gave me nostalgic feelings
A whole Ghana representative for Commonwealth bruhhhhh. Ibi tings
Na God do am
#commonwealthservice2022
#flagbearer
#ghanainuk
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We’re back here after 365 days
Everyday of these days, I’ve being mostly dressed in slide 4 (don’t be deceived)
Happy birthday to me
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+1 todayyyy 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Soo soo much to be thankful for
Words cannot just describe it
Onto bigger and better.
If you see this post, help me thank God for another year
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I'm honoured to be listed as someone who inspires Ghana. As many as get inspired by my story, I hope it will push you to achieve greater feats.
🔹🔹🔹🔹
No progress is too small.... Just move...
@ThoseWhoInspire
#thosewhoinspireghana
#mentor
#inspire
#ghana
🇬🇭
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It's official!!!
It's been 3 looonnnngggg years (whoop) but guess what,we never gave up...now let's move on to the next...
#mphilmaterialsscienceandengineering
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It was a privilege to have MP for Milton Keynes South
@iainastewart
pass by
@STEM4Brit
to show his support. Presented on 'next generation smart portable solar fuel purification systems for waste water treatment in Ghana'. Thanks soo much Iain Stewart MP
#openuniversity
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❗️If you need samples of SOP(statement of purpose), CV, research proposal, how to send emails to professors,materials for IELTS, GRE and TOEFL, check out this link someone created :
(Shared as received from Samuel Ajayi
Before you get too excited
Thread👇🏾
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Lunch is served🍛🍛🍛🍛🍛
I just received a congratulatory letter from Abena Oppong Asare (MP for Erith and Thameshead)
@abenaopp
. Thank you sooooooo much. This means a lot to me.
#thisfarbygrace
Contents of the letter is for my eyes only but I just want to show my appreciation.
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Don’t let someone’s holiday packed season give you pressure.
2 years ago, I had finished writing my IELTS for my PhD applications in Jan. which made me miss my fav. cousin’s wedding (munching the last drink & pie I got)
2022 applications are opened, check out
@Dearyounggrad
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See who came to see me
@STEM4Brit
... MP for Streatham and Shadow
@BellRibeiroAddy
...
#STEM4Brit
#ghanaiansupport
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I just realised I hit a 1k followers. Let me use this opportunity to introduce myself🤝
I'm Lois Afua Okyerewaa Damptey,a 2nd yr PhD student
@OpenUniversity
working on 'plasma functionalised two dimensional materials for photocatalytic wastewater treatment in West Africa, Ghana🇬🇭
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I dont know whether in my time during my searching for scholarships there were sessions like these.
It’ll be a great disservice to our community if people are in need but didn’t know it existed.
PLEASE RETWEET, someone might need it - All details on flier
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The joy in seeing the SUN 🌞🌞🌞🌞Quickly had to get some vitamins after a lonnng week of reviews, reports & meetings.
#FridayFeeling
#phdlife
#thisiswhatanengineerlookslike
#weekendvibes
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I managed to find a way of sharing my IELTS preparation materials. All you need is data to download because they are quite huge.
Drop your email below if you are interested (preferably gmail account).
Call me 'scholarship santa'. Retweet to help someone
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Person 1 : I want a scholarship to do a masters/PhD in xxxx course but I don’t know where to start from.
Person 2: could you please send me links of masters and PhD opportunities in xxx course
📍Me📍: I’m providing actionable points with TASKS to simplify the process
1/n
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I'm proud to be
#1ofTheMillion
#WomenInSTEM
I would like to encourage every young lady in various STEM fields in Ghana, Africa & BAME women in the UK to aim higher & push further in whatever they want to achieve. Giving up is never an option
#1ofTheMillion
@thewisecampaign
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Certainly hate goodbyes, now you know for sure!
@OpenUniversity
has climaxed it even better
1st postgrad student to be featured on the vice chancellor’s newsletter platform ‘Inside Track’ and it was done beautifully
Absolutely no words
Have a good read:
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+1 today...show your baby some love!
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Woke up to a great news this morning...
My mente just got an admission for a fully funded scholarship.
He saw the post, I sent him the link, coached him through the application & interview & voilaaaaa.
APPLY❗APPLY ‼️APPLY ‼️
*Impacting the world, 1 person at a time*
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Not everyday labcoats, shirts and pants sometimes just sometimes…
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If you’re done with undergraduate and looong at furthering your education on fully funded scholarships, check out opportunities
@Dearyounggrad
. School is one of the surest way to travel outside. You can do it by yourself with guide, no need for agents. Illegal will cause you
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You better get back and finish that application (whether it’s a scholarship or job)
And before you’ll mistake it as a friendly request, I’m sorry to inform you that ‘It’s a warning’!!!
A warning not for you alone but myself. See, I have a deadline of producing a 500-1000 words
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Forget all the recent advances on our phone, this right here is still a life saver.
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Not a
#covid
-19 interview but a little read on your timeline to take a break from this pandemic pandemonium. Got a feature on Afroscience network in the link below
#pigfarmtotheworld
#WomenInSTEM
#womeninengineering
#Ghana
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Super excited to join my fellow steminists on 1 platform to share our journeys as BLACK GHANAIAN WOMEN IN STEM (all ladies from the trending video)
Join us on Sunday on Zoom/Facebook at 15:00GMT with host The Obaa Yaa Boatemaa
📌Details on flier 📌
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Following up on popular demand, I have put together 8 useful websites for various scholarships ranging from diploma, undergraduate studies, masters, PhD, internships, conferences, summer schools etc.
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Thank you to everyone for all the birthday messages & prayers, calls .
And oh! I had an amazing day (pic says it all) although I was bedridden the whole week.
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#dropthatgirl
....I'm your
#wcw
#wce
. Thanks
@NSMQGhana
for giving me the opportunity to motivate students
#NSMQWomanoftheweek
#womeninengineering
#WomenInSTEM
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1️⃣ Amazing team members at
@Dearyounggrad
Dear Young Graduate.
I was crawling with a vision, they took the vision and raced with it.
This year 2021, we’ve;
~hosted 13 scholarship webinars
~ Organized 3 seminars for tertiary students
~ Shared 1000+ scholarship opportunities
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For making me laugh away from home. I vote
@kwadwosheldon
.....
Honoured to be nominated alongside these guys.
2019 most Influential Young Ghanaians in "Lifestyle"
Vote via
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Engineer cum model...
#engineer
#materialengineer
#fashion
#modelling
#nature
#beach
#WomeninSTEM
#Ghana
#Africa
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#funlabmoments
with
@officialnairam1
, all other sounds are vacuum pumps from X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(blah blah). My
#ecofriendly
gloves tho!!
Tag with your
#funlabmoments
#materialsengineer
#dancingengineer
#africansinstem
#womeninengineering
#funstem
#phdlife
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Introducing our new segment 'SCHOLARSHIP NEWS IN BRIEF' every Saturdays at 6pmGMT where you get updates on scholarships available, schools with open admissions, schools that do not require GRE, IELTS, TOEFEL etc. among others
Join in on Instagram
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STEM4Africa project was launched today at Hwidiem in the Ahafo Region of Ghana.
The project targets;
- 1000 students in
- 10 schools in
- 2 years, while setting up
- 15 STEM Clubs, organizing
- 2 Innovation Challenge competitions
- 3 Dissemination Workshops
- Mentoring 50 girls
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Featuring :
@FynnJoana
@forgedonyx
@AfibaKwesie
@karen_appiah
@enawoode
@ad_dadson
@angela_tabiri
Song: Say Cheese by
@KiDiMusic
#thisiswhatasteministlookslike
#wcw
#ghanaiansinstem
#womeninstemwednesday
@wegoinnovate
@gistgh
@womenwithdoctorates
@blackwomenphds
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I don’t know how it feels to win a lottery but this gave a chills
@Dearyounggrad
believes in equal opportunities for further education -SDG 4
But rewards like this are nothing money can buy for me
Congratulations Joe
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This totally came as a surprise at the dinner night
@pccr2gh
&
@AfSynchrotron
grand banquet
@UnivofGhana
. Overall best poster prize. Thanks to
@icddicdd
for the sponsorship and everyone that made this possible. Thanks
@KWilson1971
@ProfAdamFLee
@MarkIsaacsChem
@Tombry94
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‼️We will be rolling out a whole new challenge of young women PhDc & PhDs in diverse fields to help serve as mentors for the future generations. Tag any young woman you know or send me a dm if you're interested. This promises to be exciting💃💃💃💃 ‼️
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Join us in a Chevening scholarship application conversation on 17thOctober, 2020 at 6pmGMT with some of our 2020/2021 Chevening scholars as we delve into;
1/n
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Not an Arsenal fan but we were in Emirates today.
Something about watching football in the park gives the right spirit
I think Arteta has done great with the team this season. Tag an Arsenal fan for exclusive videos
#arsenalVSeverton
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I spent my Easter weekend with 65+ undergraduates and graduates on how to prepare and write A-star scholarship essays for graduate/scholarship application using my SAMPLES as EXAMPLES (i just rhymed - probably should take music masterclass serious 🤣 - just by the way .
1/n
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IT’s ANOTHER ONE in DJ Khaled’s voice
We have been selected as a FINALIST for Tomorrow's Leader / Youth at
@ThisIsUsConf
2023 here in the UK on the project ‘raising STEM champions through experiential engineering education
Ebusuafuor, we’ve gone in-ter-na-tional oooooo
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by the BBC World Service on Monday, 14th March 2021 from 2-4pm. Take a picture if you see me and tag me
HERH Small girl from the slums of Pigfarm with a BIG GOD. From Ghana to the whole wiase
Rehearsals ongoing now
#celebratinglittlewins
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I surprisingly received this lovely penciled art from someone on facebook & I love it. The least I could do is to promote it and pay for a frame as well.
You can contact him on WhatsApp number, +233 555268598 if you want to surprise someone on any celebration. I 💕💕💕💕 it
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‼️20/21 Chevening scholar
‼️20/21 Commonwealth scholar(turned it down)
‼️2020 Mandela Washington Fellowship (postponed to 2021)
‼️Not a 1st class student
‼️Job: Nestle Ghana Limited (turned down)
There are diff. ways to success & this has a lot to learn from. Make a date
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Happy International Women in Engineering day 👩🔧👷♀️
'What I see VS What people see'
Pose by one of my favourite equipment - XPS, my bae
#INWED20
#ShapeTheWorld
@OpenUniversity
@OUGradSch
@OU_STEM
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Dear twitter,
My housemate(Nigerian) and I(Ghanaian) decided to take on Ghana vs Nigeria pronunciation challenge. Please help me judge this one... I cannot deal
#just4laughs
#Ghana
#Nigeria
#stayhome
#UKLockdownNow
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INFORMATIVE SESSION ON SCHOLARSHIPS
Bringing together 10 different students on different scholarships from all over the world to share their experiences
to join the live session on Saturday, 25th April at (6pm GMT) /(7PM UK time) /(2pm US/CANADA time)
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Woke up to this great news.... just been added as a new committee member for SCI materials. Slightly nervous but ready to learn.💃💃💃💃💃. Check us out
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Super excited about this project organised for junior high school students & graduates. Come let's have some fun science activities. Tell a friend to tell a neighbor to tell a brother/sister..... iiiiiinfact tell everyone!!!!
#SciComm
#funscience
#STEMeducation
#mentoring
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Ghana during the commonwealth service in attendance is Her Majesty The Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Members of The Royal Family, Commonwealth and UK diplomatic representatives, Commonwealth organisations.
It will broadcasted on BBC One, the BBC YouTube channel and covered
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Watch out for tomorrow’s
#FridayScholarshipBonanza
at 12 noon on
@Dearyounggrad
page.
Every one minute biaa, scholarships n’amu
We post scholarships every;
Monday as
#ScholarlyMondays
Wednes as
#ScholarlyWednesdays
Friday as
#FridayScholarshipBonanza
And oh! I’m Daavi
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📌How to keep awake at 20:32 in the lab📌
Taught her the dance in less than 20mins
Naa,
@ezrah_mariam
you were born for this
Please show her some ❤️ else she won’t do again
Your PhDs could neverrrrrr!!! A meannn
Las las, if engineering doesnt work, dance
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If you’re coming to the UK on a scholarship, read this 👇🏾👇🏾
One of my mentees and his colleagues are coming to study in the UK on a scholarship but due to the high exchange rates that has affected IHS & visa, they were struggling to raise money for their flight tickets
Advice:
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As the coordinator of the Sankofa Mentorship HUB (SMH) , an NGO under Synergies Institute-Ghana (SIG) , I have been working as team lead on the STEM4AFRICA project.
#Problems2Projects
#S4A
#STEM4Africa
#RuralGhana
#RuralSTEMChampions
#SDG4
#1BA
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Please if you’ve won a scholarship before and you can dedicate an hour of your time to help someone in a scholarship application, please fill up this form
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I’m privileged to be chairing a students’ panel discussion on the topic ‘Shaping battery education for translational energy industry ‘ on 2nd December 2021 under a 3 day conference slated
Interested in conversations around renewable energy sources, climate change,
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A short, quick conversation on
@JoyNewsOnTV
with
@CharlesAyitey_
sharing my 2 cents on the role of women and girls in engineering on International Day in Women and girls in science.
Navigating the space of engineering hasn’t been an easy.
‘A GIRL CAN’
#womeninengineering
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Science to the Ghana & Africa.....thanks to Visa to Science Initiative,Africa
@visafric1
headed
@sabastineeugene
among others. This initiative was designed by
@lucygthorne
& Sponsored by
@igoodfel
@MicrobioSoc
and HARDIE WREN initiative. Cheers to the team
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Tried something new with my photographer..... didn't do that bad. Show some love
#HappyNewMonth
#WelcomeSeptember
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11pm in the lab on vals day, when the coffee refuses to work & everyone is flaunting their bae
Music: Jore
@adekunlegold
@iamkizzdaniel
Featuring
@iamhayweasel
#🇬🇭 #🇳🇬
#phdlife
🎓
#academics
#physicist
#engineer
#funlabmoments
#menwhodoscience
#womenwhoengineer
#openuniversityuk
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Are there any young Ghanaian PhD women on this platform?? Let's jump on one of these challenges to motivate the younger ones. Anaa mu see agor) w) me ni su🙈💃. Comment with your handle
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Happy international day of women and girls in science
@leversinheels
@4womeninscience
#InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience
#WomeninScience4SDGs
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Your fav. science nerd
@NSMQGhana
mentorship session. We move no matter what! Check out my interview in this link;
#mentorship
#mentors
#STEMeducation
#womeninscience
#womenintech
#stemadvocate
#future
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As we celebrate International Women’s Day, let’s identify the little biases within our institutions that cripple women and make conscious effort to place structural changes.
Until then, it will just be another hashtag. Happy International Women’s Day
#IWD2022
#breakthebias2022
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The number of scholarships I've seen on my feed today ɛɛɛɛrrrr, I'm even tired.
I'm about to share over 300 fully funded masters & PhDs from tomorrow till weekend.
Do you need them? NO
Does someone on your timeline do? YES
Please follow
@Dearyounggrad
& retweet.
#2021mustobey
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😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
UG News:
@UnivofGh
Alumna, Miss Lois Afua Okyerewaa Damptey selected to present research work to UK Parliament.
#ugnews
@univers1057fm
@UnivGh_VC
@aba_amfo
@UGAlumniGh
@ugmsa_
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PhD is, you’re tired but you can’t sleep
Try lying down, and your brains will be firing neurons at the speed of light
😩
@awesome_ama
@Jamaticulus
@DzeividEM
@AaronAkpuPhilip
am i the only one here?
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Help me congratulate mentee
#6
2 fully funded scholarships - we are confused which one to choose -abooozigi)
Tough competition but we came out victorious
We did nothing special, we just applied and applied.
All opportunities were shared on
@Dearyounggrad
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It's 2:15am at my current location and i just finished recording a video description of 45+ fully funded masters scholarship to study in Germany provided by the DAAD - EPOS on YouTube👇.
I'll be doing a roll call of eligible courses in 5 phases on the
@Dearyounggrad
page .
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Oh! My dance didn’t go rusty after almost 3 years of PhD
Sun came out, fire alarm made us step out of the lab.
Hope I’m not too late with
#downflatchallenge
challenge
Let’s call it
#phddownflat
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How well you remember these science definitions from high school? It's a thread
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The celebration of the
#IWD2021
has brought about a lot of nostalgic feelings.
I would like to use this day to celebrate the amazing women in my team for always getting the work done even when I'm away.
To the amazing men that support, we're grateful.
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My COVID baby is hereeeeee 😝😝😝😝😝.
Allow allow, girl be putting this work during COVID when I couldn’t get access to lab equipment (story for another day)
Highlighting paper in a non scientific way. Enjoy
Read full paper:
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This generation! I beg relaxxxxx.
It feels like everyone is in a hurry.
Consistency, build and trust the process
Ego happen, las las eb3 fa
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