In January Nicola Martin and Nell Widger become ‘Futures Fellows’ at Scotland’s Futures Forum, a public policy think-tank based at the Scottish Parliament. The Forum works to promote research and stimulate debate on the long-term challenges and opportunities Scotland faces, with the aim of informing MSPs and others, and enabling them to consider the effects … Continue reading Being a Scotland Futures Forum Intern: First Thoughts
Category: PhD Experience
The challenges, experiences and everyday stuff of PhD life
Writing Group to the Rescue
I write this post sitting at a table in an Edinburgh cafe, with three other PhD students and two ECRs. At this very moment we are not talking, but focused on our laptops or notebooks, pausing occasionally for a swig of coffee. Some of us have met outside this group, and for some this is … Continue reading Writing Group to the Rescue
SGSAH Update
Hello! John here from the SGSAH office taking over the blog for today to give you a quick update on what is going on at the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities. The start of the year is a busy time for SGSAH so we thought it best to pop into the blog and … Continue reading SGSAH Update
The PhD Squad
When I applied for this role I was asked to write a short blog post about PhD training provision. To be quite honest with you, I was at first a bit stumped by the challenge of writing something genuinely interesting and innovative about this subject. This is not to say that I have not valued the formal training I … Continue reading The PhD Squad
Introductions
Hello! I'm Lucie, and I'll be taking over from Marianne as the SGSAH blogger for the next 6 months. I'm so excited to take on this post, although Marianne is certainly a tough act to follow. She has done an amazing job, sharing honest, funny and enlightening posts on what it is like to be an arts … Continue reading Introductions
Time for a new SGSAH Blogger…
Hello from me for the final time! This is officially my last post as the SGSAH blogger #SINGLETEAREMOJI. Since I’ve been pestering various PhD students for their reflections on their internships, residencies and funded projects for the last six months, I thought I’d pester myself to share some of my own thoughts on the blogger-in-residence … Continue reading Time for a new SGSAH Blogger…
The perfect metaphor from my PhD
Yo! Apologies it's been all quiet on the Western Front (SGSAH blog) this week; I've been SO BUSY and then got sick, probably as a result of all the busy-ness. The lesson? Don't do anything, ever! Just kidding, of course it's great to stay busy. It's a fantastic distraction from the end of the world, … Continue reading The perfect metaphor from my PhD
GUEST BLOG: THE INCHCOLM PROJECT AND WORKING WITH OTHERS PT. 2
Earlier in the week we shared Part 1 of Mona Bozdog's reflections on her experience with the Inchcolm Project. Below is part 2 for your viewing pleasure! We Throw Switches, Andrew Dyce and Craig Fairweather, are a curation and production duo, based in Edinburgh, who specialise in bringing incredible video games and other wonderful digital … Continue reading GUEST BLOG: THE INCHCOLM PROJECT AND WORKING WITH OTHERS PT. 2
Reflections on Teaching
It turns out getting into gear for teaching is...exhausting! Mostly because I was having weird panic dreams about being in class and forgetting which text we were covering, then waking up in a cold sweat. And also the general admin that goes along with a teaching position is a draaaaaag. So many new and different … Continue reading Reflections on Teaching
GUEST BLOG: The Inchcolm Project and Working with Others Pt. 1
This week's guest blog comes from Mona Bozdog, a second-year ARCS PhD candidate. As part of her PhD, which investigates the connections between video games and live performance, she designed a live performance that took as its starting point a video game, its design heuristics, aesthetics and mechanics. Mona took part in the Inchcolm Project, … Continue reading GUEST BLOG: The Inchcolm Project and Working with Others Pt. 1
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