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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…