This guest post is part of our continuous GTA series, where current and former graduate teaching assistants across Scottish HEIs discuss their experiences, thoughts and/or concerns about GTA practice. Here, University of Stirling PhD researcher Lorna Wallace (who recently submitted her thesis!) looks back at her time as a GTA in English literature and offers … Continue reading Notes from a Previously Nervous GTA
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5 Minutes With… Lorna Wallace
In this series we interview PhD researchers across the arts and humanities in Scotland, and throughout the month of March we’re putting a special focus on women-identifying researchers. In this post, we hear from Lorna Wallace, who is a PhD researcher at the University of Stirling. What year are you in, and at what school? … Continue reading 5 Minutes With… Lorna Wallace
When Conferences Go Wrong: Advice from Someone Who’s Been There
Guest blogger Lorna Wallace shares her experience of a certain difficult audience member... For a lot of PhD researchers, presenting at conferences is one of the most intimidating things to do and understandably so. Presenting your own ideas to a crowd of experts is a daunting prospect for anyone, but doubly so when you already … Continue reading When Conferences Go Wrong: Advice from Someone Who’s Been There
