One of the things I learned very quickly during my first year as a PhD student is that summer break does not necessarily mean a break from the PhD. While the university becomes quieter and everyone around you seems to be slowing down, your reading list is still waiting, your writing still needs attention and your research has not received the message that it is supposed to pause for summer.
Doing a PhD in the Arts and Humanities in 2026 is more than an intellectual exercise—it is an emotional, spiritual, and structural negotiation. This reflective guide explores how to stay grounded, think critically, protect your wellbeing, and develop your voice while navigating doctoral research.
This week, Resident Blogger Emma unpacks everything you need to know about academic publishing...
This week, Resident Blogger Emma talks about side projects: When should I take them on, and when should I leave them be?....
Building a Cross-disciplinary PGR Network – and Why You Might Want To!
This week, Resident Blogger Emma prepares for her very first conference as a PhD Researcher, reflecting back on mistakes from her first conference experience prior to the PhD...
End-of-year progressions, annual reviews, and 'updates' hang over the heads of many researchers this month. This week, Resident Blogger Emma shares her insights on the Annual Progression and why you should take it seriously...
If you’re looking for practical tips and inspiration on how to share your research—whether beyond your supervisory team or outside the academic sphere altogether—read on!
Receiving and giving feedback is a central aspect of academia, and we all need to develop strategies to deal with this aspect of the PhD experience. With a view to understanding the world of feedback and reviews as its own distinct corner of our research culture, resident blogger Ebba shares her advice for how to behave in situations involving feedback and what concrete things researchers can do to gain familiarity with the world of feedback and reviews.
Resident blogger Ebba writes this week about how creative writing can help researchers in their work, be it in terms of taking writing advice from creative writing professionals, practising empathy in their work, or exploring how their research assumptions play out 'in action'.
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