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 Erin Walter, who is a PhD researcher at the University of Glasgow. What year are you in, and at what school? … Continue reading 5 Minutes With… Erin Walter
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 Adriana Alcaraz-Sánchez, who is a PhD researcher at the University of Glasgow. What year are you in, and at what school? … Continue reading 5 Minutes With… Adriana Alcaraz-Sánchez
After a short hiatus, our '5 Minutes With...' series is back just in time to celebrate Women's History Month! 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. To kick the series back off, we welcome … Continue reading 5 Minutes With… Shelby Judge
The end of 2020 is rapidly bearing down on us. Sitting here at the end of this year trying to reflect is an almost impossible task. The world, and everyday life, has changed in ways we didn’t think possible this time a year ago. Personally it has been one of the most difficult years, both … Continue reading Well what was all that then?
In this guest post, Manos Apostolidis discusses how to navigate the waters of a PhD and personal development when we have to face our own barriers. It presents a guide of his own techniques for how to navigate this and be kind to yourself. It also features some lovely images of Greece, somewhere I spent … Continue reading Obsessive Compulsive Disasters
This is not a particularly new subject to write about, however it is something I have been thinking about lately. How much of our identity is wrapped up in our identity as a PhD student and as a researcher, and how much remains of who we were before? I, like many of you, am lucky … Continue reading Are we human, or are we researcher?
This latest guest blog post comes from Juliette Irretier, a PhD candidate in Film & TV Stuidies and Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Glasgow. She gives us a review of the training event TV PhD, put on as part of the Edinburgh TV Festival. As well as being of interest to anyone interested in … Continue reading A Foot in the Door: Taking Part in the Edinburgh TV Festival’s TV PhD Training Scheme
One of the aspects of the covid lockdown is the sudden rise in virtual teaching, conferences and talks. This comes with its own set of challenges and positives. In this post I will share some of my own experiences over the last few months of virtual presenting and attendance and discuss some of the lessons … Continue reading Beyond attending from bed: virtual presenting
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
I am excited to present the first of our guest bloggers since I took over the blog. Fleur is based on Orkney and PhD looks at connectivity in rural life. COVID-19 lockdowns meant Fleur's research and personal life became further entangled, as she discusses below. To undertake my PhD research, I moved halfway around the … Continue reading An international state of affairs
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