Name: Elisabeth Matthews
Discipline: Astrophysics (forth year, full-time)
Location: The physics building – if you don’t know it, it’s the really ugly one right on the top of the hill!
What is the working title for your research project?…
Monthly Archives: October 2017
A celebration of a mid-life return to the academy
Aimee Middlemiss is embarking on an ESRC funded PhD in Sociology and Anthropology entitled ‘Contested Personhood in Second Trimester Pregnancy Loss in Britain.’ In this blog post Aimee shares her experience of returning to academy after being out in the world as a BBC Radio 4 producer, a Truro College Anthropology teacher, and a mother.…
PGR Profile – Imogene Dudley
Welcome to our new PGR Profile series! Get ready to meet our first PGR – Imogene Dudley.
Name: Imogene Dudley
Discipline: History (third year, full-time)
Location: Practically living in my Queens office, it seems!
What is the working title for your research project?…
What do you want to do after you finish your research degree?
Although a lot of us may feel like this (sometimes daily!), carefully developed career management skills could really help.
But what makes someone good at managing their career? I always pose at the beginning of my career management sessions, and without fail it elicits an interesting discussion.…
Meet Malaka- Vice President for PGRs in the University of Exeter Student Guild
My name is Malaka Shwaikh, a third-year PhD student in Palestine Studies. I am also thrilled to be elected as Exeter Guild’s first VP for PGR students. Very excited to be working with you to ensure that the University and the Students’ Guild are inclusive and mindful of your needs and experiences.…
Viva Survivor: a drama in four acts
(Dr) Emily Johnson is still very proud of the two letters before her name, which she was finally awarded in August. In this blog post she takes us through her end-of-PhD journey, from submission to corrections. You can continue to follow Emily’s research on twitter, or on her blog, where this post first appeared in a series called Viva Survivor.…