Postgraduate Study
My PhD application experience
Posted by Jo M in Geology on March 28, 2016
The idea of undertaking a PhD application never sounded too scary. I had been toying with the idea for six months or so… A PhD or straight into industry? For me the deciding moment happened when I presented my ongoing MGeol Masters Research Project at MDSG (Mineral Deposits Study Group) back in January this […]
Posted in Career, Employment, Future, Graduation, Postgraduate Study, Reseach, Studying | Tagged Geology, Leicester, PhD, postgrad, research, the university of Leicester

Wanting to study sciences? Have you considered geology?
Posted by Jo M in Geology on November 26, 2015
Do you enjoy studying sciences but still unsure what subject to continue in higher education? Have you thought of studying geology? For me, geology is an amalgamation of all sciences. Throughout my degree so far, I’ve had the opportunity to be a geophysicist, a geochemist, a geostatistican, a sedimentologist and a palaeobiologist. I had always […]
Posted in Dissertation, Future, Graduation, Lab, Postgraduate Study, Reseach, Studying | Tagged biology, chemistry, Geology, Leicester, physics, statistics, undergraduate, UoL

Hello, I am Jo and you are?
Posted by Jo M in Geology on July 2, 2015
I am one of the recent additions to the UofL student bloggers, so hello and welcome to my very first blog post! My name is Jo and as of October, I will be entering the fourth and last year of my degree studying Geology. Yes we do look at rocks and volcanoes I hear you […]
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