Shruti Turner
PhD researcher, Imperial College London
PhD Researcher, Imperial College London, having previously done an MSc Biomedical Engineering and BEng Aeronautics and Astronautics at the University of Southampton
PhD Researcher, Imperial College London, having previously done an MSc Biomedical Engineering and BEng Aeronautics and Astronautics at the University of Southampton
Whilst in some ways I feel I have adjusted a little too well to lockdown life, other aspects are very difficult to get used to. For instance, the passage of time.
- Shruti Turner
- May 29, 2020
I’ve come to realize recently, that in the course of a 3 to 4 year PhD, perfection is out of the question. Not because I’m being pessimistic, but because I’m working on a project that is really still…
- Shruti Turner
- June 4, 2019
No, I don’t mean that PhD life and research are the spawn of evil and researchers are like Death Eaters using their skills to destroy the world as we know it. What I mean, is that doing a PhD is not…
- Shruti Turner
- May 30, 2019
I had the viva part of my Early Stage Assessment yesterday and I’m relieved to say that I passed. Everyone was telling me that no one fails and it’d be fine, that I’d breeze through it, but somehow…
- Shruti Turner
- May 30, 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 PhD and wondered whether PhD…
- 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 patronising. So I know when I get…
- Shruti Turner
- May 28, 2019
From the beginning of my PhD, I’ve found that the most common question that I am coming up with is “What next?” I feel I’ve made significant progress in my first month and I’ve got a plan for the…
- Shruti Turner
- May 22, 2019
Once you’ve done something that’s got you results, writing the analysis should be easy, right? After all, it’s you who has done the work, you know why you did it, you know how you did it, you know…
- Shruti Turner
- May 21, 2019
I’m nearly two months into my PhD in a new university, in a new city. So you would think I’d be getting settled right about now. At least I would think I should at least be starting to get settled.…
- Shruti Turner
- May 21, 2019
I had just entered the first few days of my PhD and was starting to feel super organised, getting on with my reading, making notes and referencing. However, towards the end of my day, I came across a…
- Shruti Turner
- May 20, 2019
