What does it take to prepare for your first academic conference as a first-year PhD researcher? After spending 10 days and 10 hours preparing a 15-minute presentation, I reflect on the experience of presenting *Blood Money* at the University of York’s Intersectionality and Social Justice Symposium, what I learnt about academic writing and public speaking, what I would do differently, and the researcher I am becoming along the way.
What good is a degree if all it produces is a greater degree of disconnect? Following a Stuart Hall Foundation gathering, I reflect on intellectual life, the power of academic knowledge and what happens when education triggers us to question the world, but not necessarily to change it.
What if completing a PhD meant more than producing a polished thesis? In this guest contribution, Wilson Chak, a doctoral researcher in Systematic Theology at the University of Edinburgh, reflects on academic writing, the pursuit of knowledge and what it might mean to rethink the very idea of completion. A couple of weeks ago, whilst … Continue reading Feeling Like Tearing Your PhD?
There is something special about the beginning of a new academic year. Campuses come alive again, inboxes fill with invitations, induction sessions introduce us to people whose names we will inevitably forget and new PhD researchers arrive carrying a mixture of excitement, ambition and, if we are being truthful, a little uncertainty about what they … Continue reading You Made It. Now What? Finding Your Place When the Excitement of Starting a PhD Settles.
I am thankful to be here. I know what this opportunity means. But knowing the weight of the opportunity does not remove the ache of the sacrifice. People often see the achievement, but they do not always see what it costs.
This week, Resident Blogger Emma discusses James Marriott's "The dawn of the post-literate society" and its implications for the work of academic researchers.
This week, guest blogger Laura Leuzzi dives into post-PhD life and her journey toward a postdoctoral fellowship...
This week, Resident Blogger Emma discusses generative artificial intelligence, 'cognitive offboarding', and the implications of this on academic publishing and thinking at large...
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?....
