Mauro Di Lullo, a PhD student at the University of Stirling, reflects on his appreciation for the freedom to study in new, innovative, and even potentially controversial topics without boundaries in the Scottish doctoral community. In July 2012, I gratefully accepted a three-year scholarship from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities for my doctoral thesis on … Continue reading GUEST BLOGGER: FREEDOM TO STUDY ANTAGONISM AND RESISTENCE AT SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES
Category: PhD Experience
GUEST BLOGGER: SGSAH THEORIES OF KNOWLEDGE LECTURE SERIES—PROFESSOR KATHERINE HAWLEY
Professor Katherine Hawley, Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews, was a featured lecturer for the SGSAH 2016 Theories of Knowledge Lecture Series, speaking on What is Epistemology? She was gracious enough to provide us with a blog of additional new insights that supplement and expand upon her lecture. What Is Epistemology? What is epistemology? A tricky … Continue reading GUEST BLOGGER: SGSAH THEORIES OF KNOWLEDGE LECTURE SERIES—PROFESSOR KATHERINE HAWLEY
GUEST BLOGGER: WALKING WITH THE SCOTTISH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES—AN INSPIRATIONAL EXPERIENCE (PART ONE)
Matluba Khan, a PhD Candidate in Architecture and Landscape Architecture at University of Edinburgh's College of Art, speaks to the beginning of her journey toward being SGSAH's first Thinker-In-Residence, through participation in SGSAH's Policy Stories and Legacy Resources. ‘You have done a Ph.D. You have written a 100,000 word thesis. So what?’ Most PhD researchers in Arts and Humanities … Continue reading GUEST BLOGGER: WALKING WITH THE SCOTTISH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES—AN INSPIRATIONAL EXPERIENCE (PART ONE)
GUEST BLOGGER: SGSAH COHORT DEVELOPMENT FUND—THE GRAMNet BIBLIOTHERAPY RESOURCE NETWORK LAUNCH
Sarah Stewart, an AHRC DTP Student pursuing a PhD at the University of Edinburgh in the Department of English, speaks to the success and future promise of her co-organised, SGSAH-funded bibliotherapy development event for migrant, refugee, and asylum seeking communities in Scotland. Come to our reading and writing in community event on 22 June at the University of Glasgow. When I went … Continue reading GUEST BLOGGER: SGSAH COHORT DEVELOPMENT FUND—THE GRAMNet BIBLIOTHERAPY RESOURCE NETWORK LAUNCH
GUEST BLOGGER: SURVIVING THE VIVA
Brianna E Robertson-Kirkland, a PhD Candidate in Music at the University of Glasgow, follows up her post-thesis-submission musings with reflections on the viva process. The Viva is perhaps one of the most intensive exams a student will ever take, not just because it marks the day a PhD researcher will find out if their work … Continue reading GUEST BLOGGER: SURVIVING THE VIVA
GUEST BLOGGER: SGSAH THEORIES OF KNOWLEDGE LECTURE SERIES—DR ANDREW HASS
Dr Andrew Hass of the University of Stirling was a featured lecturer for the SGSAH 2016 Theories of Knowledge Lecture Series, speaking on Sign & Structure. He was gracious enough to provide us with some related muses on "The Coming of Nothing." “Nothing will come of nothing.” We have all heard this phrase before. It … Continue reading GUEST BLOGGER: SGSAH THEORIES OF KNOWLEDGE LECTURE SERIES—DR ANDREW HASS
GUEST BLOGGER: SGSAH SPEAKING MY LANGUAGE—CHINESE TRACK
Caterina Bellinetti, a PhD Candidate at the University of Glasgow, speaks to her experience in the 2015-2016 SGSAH Speaking My Language Programme in Chinese. Learning a language is no easy business, as many of you likely well know. At one point or another, learning a language during a PhD proves possibly even more challenging than the PhD itself, … Continue reading GUEST BLOGGER: SGSAH SPEAKING MY LANGUAGE—CHINESE TRACK
THE DOCTORAL EXPERIENCE: MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR SUMMER
It's Scotland, so one might not know we're approaching the summer months unless they look at a calendar, but indeed: we are! Terms are ending, and that means a suspension of sorts in our normal routines. It's doubtful that any doctoral researcher truly takes a summer off, but in having a slight reprieve, here are a few … Continue reading THE DOCTORAL EXPERIENCE: MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR SUMMER
GUEST BLOGGER: The Later-Ventured PhD
Aileen Shields Branwell Lobban, a PhD Candidate at the University of Stirling, reflects this week on the ups and downs of pursuing doctoral research later on in life. The doctoral researcher has a standard introduction: my name is Aileen, my thesis is on Louise Bennett, a Caribbean performance poet. My next bit, however, is slightly … Continue reading GUEST BLOGGER: The Later-Ventured PhD
GUEST BLOGGER: Completing the PhD—Relief or Grief?
Brianna E Robertson-Kirkland, a PhD Candidate in Music at the University of Glasgow, reflects this week on the mixed feelings that come with the end of the doctoral process. PhD Submission Day: three years’ worth of blood, sweat and tears now becomes more than electronic words on a computer screen. The printing process transforms it … Continue reading GUEST BLOGGER: Completing the PhD—Relief or Grief?
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