Harriet Lowe

PhD Candidate, University of Greenwich

PhD Candidate, Applied Linguistics, University of Greenwich

My students often ask me: “How did you do it all?”

As a young academic and visiting lecturer, I’m often asked by students, “How did you do it?” So here's a sneak-peek into my secrets; which are in fact, not really secrets at all.

Second year blues: The realities of my doctorate so far

My dream of a PhD was swanning about the department, being known by everyone, with little trinkets on my office desk. In reality, I was sitting with undergraduates in the University library, grumpily shuffling the pile of books and papers to fit around the computer, if someone decided to sit next to me. Thinking that my position was so special, I went straight to the Postgraduate Research Office and gave them a piece of my mind. It turned out to be a terrible mistake!