How can you mark the moment of thesis submission? Celebrating with friends and family is the obvious choice, but what if you want to add a little whimsy and show just how nerdy you can get about your research? Dr Maike Dinger, this week’s guest blogger, offers one option: find a date that connects to your research topic.
This week, resident blogger Ebba writes about her experience of doing improvisational theatre, and explains why she thinks many PhD researchers (and others) would benefit from the improv mindset.
In this week's blog, Mengyuan Yue shares her wisdom and advice for making the transition from a Master's degree to a PhD, rethinking "perfection", and trusting yourself and your work.
In this week's blog, Adam Nasser Benmakhlouf and Marta Duran Arranz reflect on the SGSAH workshop, Speak and Be Heard. They talk about the practicalities of organising the workshop, the emotional experience of attending, and the importance of having a so-called Good Voice.
This week, guest blogger Lucy Jackson shares her PhD story, delving into her research on accents and media bias. Lucy's research examines how the Glaswegian accent and the people who speak with one are represented in the media. She looks at stereotypes, how the media influences our biases, and how eye-tracking techniques can reveal what we really think.
In this week’s blog, resident blogger Beth Price talks mental health, burnout, and the pressure to do self-care perfectly.
In this blog Beth Price shares her advice for dealing with critical feedback on your work, and keeping your self-motivation and self-confidence up in the face of negative comments.
In this week’s blog, resident blogger Beth shares her tips on how to maintain a work/life balance during your PhD. Photo by Tim Gouw on Pexels.com Full disclosure, when this blog goes live I will be up a hill in the Lake District. An old friend is visiting the UK for a few days and … Continue reading Back to Basics: A Balancing Act, or How to Keep a Work/Life Balance During Your PhD
'Hands on the Treasure Troves' was a SGSAH CDF-funded event held on 26 October 2023. It was supported by Culture Perth & Kinross and the University of Aberdeen. What follows here are highlights and reflections from the CDF event-running experience.
Building Authentic Case Studies was a two-day workshop that took place during Spring into Methods 2023. The Spring into Methods programme runs annually and brings together arts, humanities, social science, and other doctoral researchers from across Scotland to offer sessions providing an in-depth approach to learning a specific research method. The motivation for the Building Authentic Case Studies … Continue reading Building Authentic Case Studies
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