6.58am- Up, dressed, face on, and coffee in hand! 9.39am- I had to stop off to buy lunch on the way to work but got to the office just after 9. I always start the day by checking my emails and seeing what is on the plan for today. 9.53am– Unfortunately I discovered that a lot of the work I […]
In my last PhD update post from November I was whinging about my lack of motivation. I am happy to report that I am back on track with motivation (as much as one can be whilst trying to complete their thesis) and I have had a productive December and start of January. I have submitted what I hope is […]
Aside from all the adventures I experienced in 2018, lots of PhD work was also achieved (although maybe not as much as I hoped). 2018 PhD Wrap Up I finished analysing my data for study one (which is a qualitative media analysis)… and then I finished re-analysing some of the raw data after feedback from supervisors. I had finished a […]
** In collaboration** Going to university is like spreading your wings. No more having to tell your parents where you’re going, or explain why you stumbled in so late (within reason). No more having to eat healthy meals. And, some would say best of all, no more having someone force you to go to the dentist. Get in! If there’s […]
** In Collaboration** For monetary reasons, the majority of us have to jump straight into work just weeks after leaving education. You can forget spending a summer slumming it. The best case scenario would be to get a job in the bag before your graduation. By jumping straight into work, you can avoid problematic gaps on your resume. You can […]
It has been a little while since I last wrote a PhD update (read the one from over 6 months ago here) so I thought it was about time I wrote another one. I also really enjoy writing PhD update blogposts as they let me reflect on what I’ve achieved (and also freak me out about how much I need […]
My research focusses on practices of retail pharmacies in Bangalore, India. My fieldwork included a standardised patient (mystery shopper) survey of Bangalore’s pharmacies. This involved trained researchers presenting at a random sample of 333 pharmacies with standardised cases of diarrhoea for an (absent) child and suspected tuberculosis. I also conducted in-depth interviews with pharmacy workers and other key informants. You […]
