When in … Siena
So I wrote in my last post about the opportunities you get as a PhD student and how your life is unlikely to ever be so flexible again, so I thought I would use this post to tell you all about one of the opportunities I’m currently making the most of. Right now I’m in […]
Perspective
You always here all sorts of stories about the mental health of PhD students, I don’t personally believe we’re all the jibbering wrecks we’re made out to be in newspaper articles but that doesn’t mean that a little perspective isn’t useful to us all sometimes. We are, after all, in the process of dedicating ourselves to one […]
A little Friday afternoon procrastination
I know the majority of people are currently revising like mad for Jan exams but once you start a PhD you can leave that world behind. I’m not saying we don’t work hard, as I’ve said before it’s much more like having a job then being a student, and I’m definitely not trying to rub it in […]
Chris Ramsey – The most dangerous man on Saturday morning television
I think it’s really important to maintain a good work(uni)/life balance. Before beginning my PhD I worked for 2 years and the last of these was spent working on a 1 in 4 standby rota – the weekends I did have became very precious as when I was on standby I’d work 12 days straight :(. Now I’m free from […]
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