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THE DOCTORAL EXPERIENCE: STUDY-LIFE BALANCE

March 24, 2016May 12, 2016Leave a comment

When you’ve got enough books in your flat to stack them up and make a nice sofa, it becomes a little bit difficult to separate where your academic programme ends, and your “life”—whatever that means—begins. In many ways, by the point we reach our doctoral programmes, we’ve grown to equate the two as a matter … Continue reading THE DOCTORAL EXPERIENCE: STUDY-LIFE BALANCE

Prepare for Launch

March 20, 2016August 13, 2016Leave a comment

Greetings from SGSAH, and welcome to our brand-new blog! My name is Katelynn, and I’ll be helping to launch this exciting new initiative over the next few months, meaning that I’ll be you curator/tour guide/friendly neighbourhood answerer-of-questions as you explore what we have to offer through this site. We’ll start off with the basic inquiries: Who … Continue reading Prepare for Launch

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