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‘It’s given me that feeling that I want to give more’
May 30, 2025May 22, 2025

‘It’s given me that feeling that I want to give more’

Silvia Nassar-Mustaklem – a recipient of last year’s Dean’s Commendation for Academic Citizenship – talks receiving recognition as she navigates the closing stages of a […]

Career development, General, RCA Events, Research by rm938
Whalebone corsets and the Northern Whaling Fishery
May 23, 2025May 22, 2025

Whalebone corsets and the Northern Whaling Fishery

Mary Girerd, a Postgraduate Researcher in English and Creative Writing at the University of Exeter, takes us inside the hidden costs of Victorian fashion. My […]

Art History and Visual Culture, Career development, General, Research by rm938
‘Despite the need, we can get caught up in our research…’
May 16, 2025May 15, 2025

‘Despite the need, we can get caught up in our research…’

Lyndsey Carmichael – a recipient of last year’s Dean’s Commendation for Academic Citizenship – tells us about her involvement in mentoring and student parent support. […]

Career development, General, RCA Events, Research by rm938
Multiple hats | Research, Work, and Parenthood
April 25, 2025April 23, 2025

Multiple hats | Research, Work, and Parenthood

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 […]

artistic practice, Career development, Research by rm938
Read in waiting rooms: more wisdom for life as a part-time postgraduate
February 21, 2025February 20, 2025

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 […]

Career development, Research by rm938
February 14, 2025February 20, 2025

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 […]

Career development, Research by rm938
August 5, 2024July 9, 2024

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, […]

Career development, Research by rm938
July 29, 2024July 9, 2024

Exclamat!on: a field guide to producing a postgraduate journal (part 1)

“To produce a sentence, let alone a whole article, in which ‘every word is unalterable’ is a daunting quest, especially for the emerging author. To […]

Creative writing, Research by rm938
July 22, 2024July 8, 2024

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 […]

Career development, Conference, Research, Research Trips by js1340
July 17, 2024July 17, 2024

HASS PGR Blog: celebrating a vibrant first year!

2024 was the year this blog came to life. So, as summer arrives (in theory if not in meteorological practice!) we take a look back […]

General, Research by rm938

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  • ‘It’s given me that feeling that I want to give more’
  • Whalebone corsets and the Northern Whaling Fishery
  • ‘Despite the need, we can get caught up in our research…’
  • Multiple hats | Research, Work, and Parenthood
  • Read in waiting rooms: more wisdom for life as a part-time postgraduate

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