Posted by Megan in Genetics on October 19, 2015
Being a PhD student can sometimes feel a little isolating, although those of us based in the lab are lucky enough to have an built in community, that doesn’t mean we can’t also look outside of the lab, our departments and our institutions for people to talk to and discuss PhD life with. For humanities and […]
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Posted by Megan in Genetics on August 28, 2015
For PhD students funding situations can vary a lot (from fully funded with stipend (income), to complete unfunded), and so the amount of other paid work you need to take on is dependent on your funding situation. I can only offer information from the point of view of a funded student as that’s what I am […]
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Posted by Megan in Genetics on April 11, 2014
Through my demonstrating I’ve got to know a lot more people within the department of genetics, both PhD students and academics, and this means that I come across more opportunities. Working on BS1005 and then BS1008 (blog post coming your way shortly) with Dr Cas Kramer I learnt that he is part of GENIE, GENIE is Leicester’s […]
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