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I always had a hard time saying NO. Every time I did, it felt like a missed opportunity. I wish I had infinite time and say yes to all the cool opportunities I get. But…
- Roman Yampolskiy
- August 5, 2019
I was diagnosed with severe clinical depression and specific learning difficulties at the age of 32. In retrospect, it’s been something that I have really struggled with…
When I am feeling my most discouraged and whipped by this PhD I tend to start listing mentally, everything that has happened in my life over the past 2.5 years that have…
Arriving in the remote Arctic Archipelago of Svalbard was like crossing a threshold into my childhood dreams. The many books on polar exploration I devoured as a child…
I am currently in the writing phase of my PhD and have been working hard towards completing my thesis. Here, I have compiled an actual to-do list, based on how I spend…
- Madeleine Kendrick
- July 8, 2019
As I was getting closer to completing my PhD, I imagined my final blog post to be filled with pictures of champagne-flowing glasses, lots of laughing and giggling, and…
Being a medievalist, I realized that there was no way I was getting into a doctoral program without learning Latin. So, I started looking into Master’s programs, and was…
When my daughter was born, I was in the middle of teaching a third-year course online. I could have gone on maternity leave, but the union rules for sessional lecturers…
- Angela Hug
- July 8, 2019
It’s now three days after my viva and I’ve almost managed to mentally process the outcome. I passed, with no corrections! Here, I'd like to share how I spent the hours…
- Ian Guest
- June 28, 2019
I have been unsurprisingly a little under the weather quite recently, and this has been brought on by working too hard! After three hectic months of working and being…
- Lyndsey Middleton
- June 28, 2019