Guest Blog: We’re pleased to welcome Simran Kaur, SGSAH’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Associate Director, to the blog. Simran joined SGSAH in May 2026 and also works within the EDI team at the University of Strathclyde as Senior Race and Equalities Officer. In this guest contribution, she shares some reflections from her first few … Continue reading Joining SGSAH: Reflections on EDI, Access and Belonging
Photo: Kristin Hardwick, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Say the words "writing retreat" to a PhD researcher and watch their eyes light up around one thing: the word count. A few days away from supervision meetings, teaching admin, and emails arriving in the background. Just you, a laptop, and a target you have been promising yourself … Continue reading What Writing Retreats Actually Teach You
I am thankful to be here. I know what this opportunity means. But knowing the weight of the opportunity does not remove the ache of the sacrifice. People often see the achievement, but they do not always see what it costs.
New resident blogger, Olivia Shaw Lovell, introduces her work, and what excites her most about contributing to this SGSAH blog space.
Guest bloggers Cicely Farrer and Alison Scott reflect on their event, Creative Citizenship in the Archives, co-organised with the SGSAH KE Hub Citizenship, Culture & Ethics (CCE).
Guest blogger Cecilia Charlton discusses the value of durational ethnographic practices in heritage textile research.
Previewing their SGSAH-supported event in Glasgow in April 2026, guest blogger Sara Guidi considers the environmental meanings of storytelling, through the lenses of gender studies and diasporic narratives.
Concluding the British Council Scotland SGSAH EARTH Scholarship Scheme series, guest blogger Alison Scott reflects on the ongoing impacts of the programme for scholars based in Scotland.
In the next post from the British Council Scotland SGSAH EARTH Scholarship Scheme series, guest blogger Marta Kucza details her experimental fieldwork in Estonia and Scotland.
In the first in a series of posts from the British Council Scotland SGSAH EARTH Scholarship Scheme, guest blogger Miriam Sentler shares thoughts about her creative research methodology in the context of Shetland’s changing energy landscapes and industries.
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