Just when I thought my working life couldn’t get busier… I was offered a job and was asked to start within a week! Starting work straight away meant I had to work while also finalising all of my tutoring and marking, and it just so happened that while I was learning the ropes of my new job, I was also […]
If you have been following this blog for a little while you may have noticed that I have published a few posts about ‘life after PhD’. In particularly, I have recently posted about what’s next and whether a PhD makes you overqualified. I am sorry if you are not into these types posts, because I have a feeling there will […]
** In Collaboration** Teeth are incredibly strong. They can withstand immense pressure from our jaw muscles. In fact the human bite can be around 275 lbs. That is a lot of force going into your teeth. Everyday they go through various challenges of ripping and crushing food. They also have to withstand the degenerative effects of sugar and decay. However […]
Hi, I’m Philippa a second year PhD student in Geography and Heritage Studies at Newcastle University (UK) (@philippa_carter on Instagram and Twitter). I’m researching landscape and intergenerational memory in North East England, working with the Land of Oak & Iron heritage project as my collaborative partner. I’m interested in the ways in which people understand and engage with their local landscapes and […]
~A PhD is a learning experience- you are a student and therefore expect to have to re-do things (and account for these in your timelines) ~Your thesis won’t keep you warm at night- make the time and take the effort to see your friends and family (even though your social life will be a little less eventful near the end […]
Writing discussions is perhaps my least favourite part of the scientific writing process. Actually, it is probably a tie between the discussion and the abstract. I love reading discussions but when it comes to writing my own, I get terrible writer’s block. Writing my discussion for study 2 has been particularly tedious due to having to re-run all my statistics […]
I had a mini-extensional crisis the other day. I went to go get a scan done at the radiologists and thought about how much I think I would enjoy that job. How much I would enjoy being a radiologist. I came out from my scan genuinely questioning everything. What if doing my PhD was the complete wrong decision? What if […]
