Why I love conferences
April 17, 2014
Hannah Murray explains how academic networking helps her PhD. Since starting my PhD last October, I’ve been part of a great research community of postgraduate students. We meet once a week to discuss a chapter of someone’s thesis and then attend a guest lecture usually followed by a trip to the pub. One of the …
What I love most about my PhD
February 11, 2014
Rebecca Maryan on research, archives and travel. Doing a PhD in Medieval History means I get to travel to lots of different libraries and archives all over the UK. I spend a lot of time in Oxford, Cambridge and London, enjoying the excellent wealth of material housed in beautiful surroundings. I’ve also been as far …
Love studying outside of the lab
February 10, 2014
Katherine Haywood explains how life outside the lab can help your studies and research. When most people think of a Chemistry PhD they probably think of hours on end in the lab, stuck to your bench, churning out reaction after reaction, and this might turn some undergraduates off continuing a subject they enjoy. Although this …
Studying Culture, Film and Media
November 26, 2012
Eva Giraud, Lecturer in the School of Cultures, Languages and Area studies Something important to remember is that choosing the right degree for you is not just about studying what you love, but going into a job that you love, and it’s been really rewarding to see some of our recent graduates embarking on careers …
Why study Physiology?
November 23, 2012
Dr Danny McLaughlin, Associate Professor in Physiology. As a teenager in Scotland my choice of subjects was considered slightly unusual. Not many people twinned two sciences with two languages at O grade (GCSE to those of you from the ‘English’ education system). Fewer still continued with a language (Italian) and two sciences (Biology and Chemistry) …