Rebecca Edgerley, a PhD student in Sociology, takes us on a journey through her ‘unruly, but sustaining working practices’… I am writing this blog on […]
Category: Career development
Read in waiting rooms: more wisdom for life as a part-time postgraduate
Ursula Crickmay, a PhD student in the School of Education, shares the second part of her mini-series about stamina in part-time PGR life when you […]
Keep writing! Advice on navigating part-time PhD life
Ursula Crickmay, a PhD student in the School of Education, shares the first in a mini-series about stamina in part-time PGR life when you are […]
Exclamat!on: a field guide to producing a postgraduate journal (part 2)
This blog is the second part of a mini-series taking you inside the process of bringing a PGR-led journal to life – a field guide, […]
Returning in Person: Conference Attendance in the Shadow of Covid
In June 2024, I attended the 29th Regional Southwest and Wales Postgraduate Religion and Theology Conference at St Padarn’s Institute in Cardiff. It was the […]
A Sense of an Ending: reflections while writing up
Iona Ramsay in edited conversation with Ruth Moore Can you tell us about your research and what stage you’re at? I’m in the final year […]
Thriving during a PhD summer: four ways to stay connected
Some research students can’t wait for the long summer break between university terms. It’s a chance to put teaching, training and other termtime commitments on […]
Routes to Return – Working to Enable More Museums to Undertake Repatriation
As a PhD student at the Penryn Cornwall campus of the University of Exeter, my work focuses on arguably the most pertinent issue facing Western […]
Cross Faculty PGR training workshops: Being a Neurodivergent Researcher
Being a Neurodivergent Researcher This series of three workshops aims to support neurodivergent researchers in navigating the unique challenges they face during the final stages […]
Navigating Liminal Employment: the Life of an ‘Apres-Doc’
I often introduce myself at conferences or reading groups as an ‘apres-doc’. As with ‘apres-ski’, this is meant to communicate that I have completed the […]