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.
This week, new resident blogger Emma Dorfman introduces herself as an interdisciplinary researcher and self-proclaimed theatre nerd who is no stranger to putting down new roots time and time again...
When you’re hyper-focussed on working on your PhD, especially when you get towards deadlines and you’re furiously writing or editing, it’s easy for things to fall through the cracks, and for other areas of your life to start going awry. This always reminds me of Bridget Jones saying, ‘it's a truth universally acknowledged that the … Continue reading Having a life outside the PhD
Annnd we're back! Hello again everyone! Did you miss me? I missed you. It has certainly been a minute, so let me explain. Have you ever had one of those days where it just feels like life piles and piles things on you and you make zero progress forward? How about one of those weeks? … Continue reading When ‘life’ happens
