This year’s Images of Research competition closes Monday 5 October 2026, so for some last-minute inspiration, read on to hear from some of the 2025 winners as they […]
Category: Postgraduate Research
Creating the Rural And Remote hEalth (RARE) network
Dr Sam Trethewey is a first-year clinical PhD student, within the Children and Young People’s Mental Health research collaboration (ChYMe) at the University of Exeter. […]
Testing EU Crisis Management in Peacetime: Lessons from the 2024 Spain Floods
Hasan Ogredik is a PhD candidate in Politics at the University of Exeter, where his research focuses on European Union disaster risk management policy in […]
The Drugs are in the Water, The Drugs are in the Ground: A researcher acting in the UK’s hit AMR musical Lifeline
This article was first published on Blue Adapt on 28 May 2026 Cara Patel is a second year PHD student in the departments of Sports […]
Military Involvement in Disaster Management: Who Leads, Who Is Left Out, and Why It Matters
Hasan Ogredik is a PhD candidate in Politics at the University of Exeter, where his research focuses on European Union disaster risk management policy in […]
The Power of the Reflective Journal: Making Space for Emotion in Doctoral ResearchÂ
Rachel Griffiths is a neurodivergent doctoral researcher in the School of Education, working on a participatory, arts-based study on neurodivergent ways of belonging in higher […]
Moving forwards from your upgrade and reflections: Lessons from Those Who’ve Been There
In the final part of this three-part blog post series covering the full experience of the PhD Upgrade, Health and Life Sciences PGRs Hayley Redman, Keira […]
Doing the upgrade presentation and viva: Lessons from Those Who’ve Been There
This three-part blog post series will cover the full experience of the PhD Upgrade; in this second post, Health and Life Sciences PGRs Hayley Redman, Keira […]
Preparing for Your PhD Upgrade: Lessons from Those Who’ve Been There
This three-part blog post series will cover the full experience of the PhD Upgrade, starting with Preparing for upgrade. Health and Life Sciences PGRs Hayley […]
Surfacing stories of postgraduate life
Ruth Moore is studying for a PhD Creative Writing. She was the HASS Blog editor from 2024-2025. In this post she rounds up the stories […]