The challenges, experiences and everyday stuff of PhD life
As I write the opening to this blog post, it’s 5pm on a Sunday. Oops. My plan to have the entire weekend off didn’t exactly go to plan – a situation I’m all too familiar with, particularly since starting my PhD in October. It’s easy to feel guilty trying to take some time off when … Continue reading Reclaiming your ‘Weekend’
This is the latest installment of our ‘5 minutes with…’ series, where we interview PhD researchers across the arts and humanities in Scotland. Today our interview is with Mariana Rios Maldonado, who is pursuing her PhD in Fantasy Literature at the University of Glasgow. What year of your PhD are you currently in? I am … Continue reading 5 Minutes With… Mariana Rios Maldonado
This is the latest installment of our ‘5 minutes with…’ series, where we interview PhD researchers across the arts and humanities in Scotland. Today our interview is with Morven Gow, who is pursuing her PhD in Publishing Studies. What year of your PhD are you currently in? I started second year in Sep 2019. Time … Continue reading 5 Minutes With… Morven Gow
This is the latest installment of our ‘5 minutes with…’ series, where we interview PhD researchers across the arts and humanities in Scotland. Today our interview is with Wafa AlAli, who is pursuing her PhD in Media and Cultural Policy. What year of your PhD are you currently in? I’m on thesis pending – rewriting … Continue reading 5 Minutes With… Wafa AlAli
Guest blogger Adriana Alcaraz Sanchez looks back at the weeks of research during lockdown. Since all this started – even before the actual lockdown — we started hearing conflicting messages: “Make the most of this time to lock yourself at home and write a lot!” to “It’s ok if you feel like rubbish and you … Continue reading Reflections on a researcher’s routine during lockdown
Guest Blogger Anna Girling talks about her experience as a self-funded PhD student, and how the system is failing to support self-funded students across the board – including in the wake of Coronavirus. I began to write this blog post several months ago, before coronavirus had really impacted our lives in the U.K. However, the … Continue reading Unfunded
This is the first installment of our '5 minutes with...' series, where we interview PhD researchers across the arts and humanities in Scotland. Our first guest is Katie Hart from the University of Glasgow. What year of your PhD are you currently in? I'm in my second year! What’s the working title of your … Continue reading 5 Minutes with… Katie Hart
Guest Blogger Charlotte Lauder writes about her decision not to pursue a career in academia after her PhD. Being accepted onto a PhD programme feels like an extraordinary moment. Not everyone gets to do a PhD, or gets funding, or is even allowed access to the world of academia. Right now, it feels as if … Continue reading Accepting You’re Ordinary and Saying Goodbye to the Academic Career
Whether you love it or hate it, networking throughout our PhDs is something we’re told to do. This post features some tips and advice from researchers on how to make it a little easier. The word ‘networking’ isn’t exactly a pleasant word for everyone. When I read it, over-eager LinkedIn profiles pop into my head. … Continue reading Networking in Academia
Guest Blogger Catherine (Cait) McCullagh reflects on 'Covid-time' in her final year of her PhD. “This will be perfect for you”, one of my friends writes. They know that I am in the third year of my full-time practice-based research, with the field of my practice – and those who participated in this endeavour with … Continue reading On writing-not-writing, and the ‘slow science’ of ‘Covid-time’
