Challenging perceptions that a PhD is not real work
January 23, 2025
By Rebecca Bull, final year PhD student in the School of Sociology and Social Policy studying post-sentence discrimination faced by people with criminal records. When are you going to get a real job? Are you going to be a student for life? Is it nice not having to worry about working? These are all accusations …
My Knowledge Transfer journey
September 10, 2024
By Jordan Fischer, human factors graduate at Cadent Over the past year, I have had the incredible opportunity to work within the gas distribution industry through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP). This position focuses on embedding knowledge and new capabilities related to human factors and ergonomics to help manage and reduce the risk of fatigue …
Discovering a love for research
August 8, 2024
By Rebecca Hall, PhD Socio-Legal Studies Since being a young teenager, I knew I wanted to go to law school, with the ambition of one day going into legal practice – the idea of taking on a PhD never crossed my mind. Despite receiving a place on a LPC course (now the SQE – the …
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