How to quickly find a job after gradschool
April 16, 2019
Hi friends and fellow postgrad students! Today, I will share my tips on how to find a job even before finishing your Master’s or PhD degree. Just to give a back story, I am about to finish my PhD this year and found my ideal job already, 4 months before submitting my thesis. To achieve …
Applying for postgraduate study at Nottingham
November 27, 2018
Guest post by final year Sociology student Harriet Badley. The question on everyone’s lips at the minute is ‘what are you doing after uni?’ sending a panic ripple through third-year students across Nottingham. Over the last few months I’ve been considering my options and I’ve decided to stay on at Nottingham and study a postgraduate …
4 ways post-grad research life is different to that of under-grad
July 25, 2017
If you choose to go into post-graduate research, be it MRes, MPhil, PhD, etc. you’re going to notice a few things change pretty quickly, compared to your time as an undergraduate. Here’s a few observations/occurences I’ve noticed as an MRes student: If you’re lazy, you lose out. Now, hopefully as an undergrad you were attending …
Home or away? Pros and cons of post-grad destination.
May 30, 2017
If you’re coming to the end of your undergraduate study, there are doubtless many things rushing through your mind about what to do next. Firstly, your thoughts might levitate towards short-term post-exam goals such as trying to forget everything that just happened and sleeping for an entire weekend. Soon after, however, if you’re not one …