If you go around asking people in academia for things that would make students write higher quality PhDs, I doubt many people’s first answer would be a furry friend. I doubt it would even be present on most people’s list. I may be a bit biased (ok, I’m totally biased), but I’m here to say that it should be! Here are five reasons why pets are an excellent way to give your PhD a boost. Disclaimer – this post might just be an excuse to look at cute pictures of furry PhD assistants (but it’s still all true).
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