U21 Summer School in Mexico
September 21, 2015
Low budget Healthcare: What the U21 Summer School in Mexico taught me Despite our best efforts as Pharmacy students, terminologies like QALY might sometimes seem a bit of a blur through those 9 am lectures after a whole night of binge-watching Mad Men or Gossip Girl. However it is hard to miss words like ‘managing …
An Insider’s Guide to the Life Academic
February 12, 2015
The American comedian Lois C.K. in his act described the pursuit of undertaking a doctorate of philosophy as ‘not particularly impressive, as you basically just study one thing for three years’. What he doesn’t elaborate on though is just exactly how much breadth, adventure and variety there is to studying ‘just one thing’. Last week, my …
An insider’s look at a Centre for Doctoral Training
February 2, 2015
When I first thought about doing a PhD, I had no idea there were so many different things to consider: country, university, school, academic group, funding, research area… this list goes on and could probably be a publication in itself. Everyone stressed the importance of picking the right topic, and I found, not surprisingly, this …
Malaysia memories and 3rd year reality
November 23, 2014
Hello all, After a year away I am breaking my silence…I started blogging a bit (well only twice but you know poetic license) in first year. Last year I became even more unfaithful to Pharm Life, however I have a valid excuse…sort of. I was actually cheating on the UK with Malaysia spending a year …
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