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Being pregnant and having a cold at the same time made it very obvious how little attention I used to pay to my health during graduate school. Like me, I understand that…
Lately, I've been captured by the idea of putting the philosophy back into a PhD. I was doing data exploration for my work and just hit a wall. I could not move forward…
I always pictured a “career” as a series of steps leading up a mountain. The journey is sometimes tiring and tough, but there are exciting things to see and do along the…
- Anne Aulsebrook
- May 28, 2019
As a PhD student who was constantly penalised in their high school years for ‘unclear writing’ and ‘needs structure,’ I understand the impact of good feedback, and …
- Madeleine Kendrick
- May 28, 2019
When I was an undergraduate student, I looked at the PhD demonstrators as people who had the answers to everything. They had all the answers. I then applied for my own…
- Shruti Turner
- May 28, 2019
My supervisor is supportive and cares both about the project and me as a person, both pastorally and in terms of my development. She supports and encourages without…
- Shruti Turner
- May 28, 2019
Phew! I made it. Saturday marked the final set of tasks associated with Semester 1 of grad school. Having survived one semester, I know that I can survive the rest. And…
- Claire Jarvis
- May 28, 2019
Early this morning, I made my way to a school for fieldwork. Only to reach there and wait at the school reception for slightly more than half an hour! I was already…
- Hamizah Haji-Haidi
- May 28, 2019
Last weekend, my husband frowned and turned to me in the middle of watching ‘Gordon Ramsey’s Kitchen Nightmares’ one night. He wanted to ask a question: “Are you making…
- Madeleine Kendrick
- May 28, 2019
I am ahead of schedule in terms of my interviews and transcribing. So my supervisor suggested that I use this time to plan how I'd like to organise my PhD thesis. I did…
- Hamizah Haji-Haidi
- May 28, 2019