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When I returned from my internship at the Scottish government, my main task was to complete the three findings chapters of my thesis. I drafted these in a decent time,…
- Lyndsey Middleton
- June 28, 2019
At the beginning of 2014, I realised I had chronic fatigue. I was eventually referred to a psychologist specialising in fatigue, who suggested that I resume working on…
After 10 months of tingly arms and legs, a bout of optic neuritis, unexplained tiredness and brain fogs, as well as doubting my own sanity—I was finally diagnosed with…
- Stephanie Zihms
- June 28, 2019
Last year, I felt like I’d just won the lottery - if winning the lottery involved seven years of graduate study and three cycles of churning out 100-page job…
We have made great strides in combatting homophobia and transphobia, but some people now think that everything must be fine. And if everything’s fine, then why are LGBTQ…
Sometimes, as a PhD student, I feel that I am on my own little island. But, I’ve been very fortunate to be in a position that not many new PhD students get to be in i.e…
- Anthony David Cliffe
- June 28, 2019
Ever wondered what graduate students keep at their desk? Here, a PhD student will attempt to share with you the 17 most essential things he keeps at all times, at his…
This year was especially hard for me, because it was my first International Women’s Day since I left physics. The hashtag #PassOnMyWisdom has been bouncing around…
Last week I submitted my thesis. No hoopla. No fanfare. No round of applause. It was merely a matter of printing four copies, getting them bound, then dropping them off…
- Ian Guest
- June 27, 2019
I am an American living in Japan, where I teach English to freshman high school students. But it was not always this way; I used to be a geologist. But clearly, all that…