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The importance of research assistants

August 21, 2020August 21, 2020Leave a comment

To end the week, I wanted to take a moment to consider those who help many of us get through the day, keep us grounded and keep things in perspective. I am, of course, talking about pets. I put out a call for the pets of PhD students who are based at Scottish universities and … Continue reading The importance of research assistants

Why cats make great PhD pets

October 18, 2018October 18, 2018Leave a comment

I realised the other day that I have not lived up to all my promises in my introductory blog post back in August. Mainly, that there was a severe lack of cat-related posts on this blog. Don't worry...we're going to fix that. PhD pets! We all love them, some of us have them, and some … Continue reading Why cats make great PhD pets

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