The challenges, experiences and everyday stuff of PhD life
This week's guest blog comes from Christian Clarkson, who graduated with her PhD in December 2018; it was funded by the AHRC as part of a Collaborative Doctoral Partnership between the University of St Andrews and Historic Environment Scotland, and she is currently working for both organisations. Her research focussed on wider-precinct buildings in Scottish … Continue reading A Rage-Nosebleed and Thomas Becket’s Pants: Serendipity in Research
As I mentioned in my previous (and first ever!) post, one of my missions over the next six months is to explore the PhD experience as a sufferer of mental health problems. This is something I barely, if ever, discuss, but I’ve come to realise how important it is for so many reasons, not least … Continue reading Fight or flight? Presenting papers with anxiety
This guest blog comes from Richy Carey, a doctoral candidate at the University of Glasgow researching the language of collaboration in the construction of film sound. Here, he reflects on his SDF project, and the relationship between time and knowledge. One of the conditions of receiving a Student Development Fund award is that you submit a blog post … Continue reading The time it takes to get to know
Hello everyone! I’m Lizzie, the new SGSAH blogger for the next six months. I’m currently in my third year of doctoral study at the University of St Andrews, and looking forward to sharing the experience with you all! I’m nervous about stepping into Britnee’s shoes, but her previous posts have been a great source of … Continue reading From Cat to Wolf
Today, sadly, is my final day as the SGSAH blogger. It has been an absolutely rollercoaster past 6 months, but I wouldn't have picked a better time to have the blogging role in my life as I now have a paper trail of my progress over that time, as well as the proof I can … Continue reading Final thoughts on blogging
This guest post comes to us from Andrea Freund, a PhD student at at the Institute for Northern Studies, UHI, in Kirkwall, in the third year of an Applied Research Collaborative Studentship. In partnership with Orkney Museum, Andrea is investigating the Orcadian corpus of runic inscriptions as sources for Norse diaspora identities. You can learn more … Continue reading What chess does to my PhD
I never really set out to study place-names when I began my Uni career, and I certainly didn't see myself, as an American outsider, writing up a PhD on Scottish place-names in New Zealand. When I received my bachelors in Anthropology, I had a fairly clear idea of where I wanted to go with it- … Continue reading Why I study place-names
At the beginning of the month, my 60-day suspension of studies ended. There were a number of factors leading to my decision to take a break, and ultimately while I was nervous to truly step away from my PhD for any period of time, it was exactly what I needed...but there are some words of … Continue reading Taking a Break
This post is written by Murray McLean, a SGSAH-funded third-year PhD student at the University of Glasgow. Murray’s research concerns the law and culture of weddings in Scotland since the 1930s, and he can be found on Twitter @McLeanMurray. The journalist Christopher Silver recently tweeted that keeping a diary was the best form of self-care … Continue reading 6 Reasons to Keep a Diary
Mika Schroder is in the second year of her PhD at the Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance. Her research explores the meaning and practice of the ‘participation’ of ‘local stakeholders’ within international biodiversity law from the perspective of spatial justice and ethics. This is the second of two posts related to her AHRC … Continue reading Immersion into spaces of law: Experiences from international legal negotiations
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