Skip to content

SGSAH Blog

  • Blog Home
  • Guidelines for submission
  • About SGSAH
  • Contact Us
  • SGSAH Home

Tag: working

Financing a PhD: The Realities of Being a Self-Funded International Student

May 19, 2021Leave a comment

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

Self-funding my first year

June 28, 2019Leave a comment

In theory, a PhD is simple – research a topic, come up with some original ideas, and write about it. Easy, right? Nope… Academic work-wise, we all know that a PhD is never so simple. It’s not a straight line that you follow with no bumps in the road, it’s a winding path, a rollercoaster … Continue reading Self-funding my first year

PhD Routine: The Impossible Dream

July 20, 2017July 19, 2017Leave a comment

When I took over as editor of this blog I had (what I thought was) a great idea for a series of posts: the PhD day  in pictures. I imagined arty shots from lots of different PhD students, showing their daily workplaces, tasks, research, etc. However, each week I have thought about writing this post … Continue reading PhD Routine: The Impossible Dream

Search

Social

  • View @sgsahblog’s profile on Twitter
  • View @sgsah_’s profile on Instagram
  • YouTube

Recent Posts

  • Imposter syndrome in academia
  • Why you should consider being an academic on TikTok
  • Life hacks for the PhD researcher
  • The New Year’s resolutions we will skip and the ones we will consider this time
  • How to survive the festive season as an academic
  • Why non-violence education matters today: the work of Norbert Elias and Judith Butler in the context of inter-cultural Othering
  • What do a monoprinting workshop and a tea made from thistles have in common?
  • New “Chief Twit” and #TwitterMigration: Should we be concerned?
  • Black History Month Scotland: What happened to the momentum of spring 2020?
  • Hello, world!
  • Endings and Beginnings
  • Learning to Not ‘Unsee’: Racism in Academia
  • HIGHER ED & RACE EQUALITY
  • The Realities of the PhD Baby
  • Feminism & Frocks

Categories

  • 5 Minutes With
  • Beyond the PhD
  • Events, Projects, Conferences
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant
  • Internships and Research Trips
  • Opportunities
  • PhD Experience
  • podcast
  • Research and Practice
  • SGSAH

COMMENT POLICY

We encourage fruitful engagement with our posts, but ask that commenters always keep the SGSAH Mission and Vision in mind when posting. Anonymous comments will not be approved due to a lack of ability to craft meaningful and respectful dialogue without due accountability. Comments are moderated in alignment with these principles.

Funded By

Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • SGSAH Blog
    • Join 230 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • SGSAH Blog
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...