A few weeks ago I came across a post on Twitter asking people how many jobs they’d had since they first started working. It got me thinking. I’m currently twenty-six years old and I got my first job when I was fifteen. After doing the maths, I realised that in the eleven years since, I’ve … Continue reading Financing a PhD: The Realities of Being a Self-Funded International Student
In this guest post, University of Strathclyde PhD researcher Andrew Porter discusses his experiences as a part-time, self-funded researcher who has yet to step foot on his campus, and offers advice on how we can all persevere through our PhDs. When I began studying my PhD in October, I knew that it was going to … Continue reading Searching for Normal: Navigating Unconventional PhD Journeys
Guest Blogger Anna Girling talks about her experience as a self-funded PhD student, and how the system is failing to support self-funded students across the board – including in the wake of Coronavirus. I began to write this blog post several months ago, before coronavirus had really impacted our lives in the U.K. However, the … Continue reading Unfunded
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