Postgraduate Study

Thinking about the future

Posted by Pal in Museum Studies on March 13, 2015

This may sound repetitive, but in light of recent events, I would like to share again some key points on why I am doing my PhD. Plus I give a thumbs up to the library. So, I’m 42. I have a safe job, a beautiful wife, two naughty kids. We live in a nice house […]

Posted in Career, Employment, Postgraduate Study, Reseach | Tagged career, library, PhD, research

First blog post and introduction

Posted by Peggy in Museum Studies on January 20, 2015

Hello and welcome to my first blog post! Just to introduce myself if you haven’t read my bio, my name is Peggy and I study MA Museum Studies as a campus based student. Things you can expect from this blog include information about the course and living in Leicester, with a few random musings thrown […]

Posted in Career, Leisure, Postgraduate Study, Studying, Work | Tagged leicester, masters, museum studies | 2 Responses

Using a new perspective

Posted by Pal in Museum Studies on August 22, 2014

One of the advantages of being a PhD student is that I get to learn about new contexts between “exhibition” and “display”. Just like my professor, who visited a classic car race and discovered a lot of interesting relationships between a car show and a museum. Case in the point is my weekend stroll with […]

Posted in Postgraduate Study, Reseach, Volunteering | Tagged art, display, postal museum, sculpture, writing

Learning curve

Posted by Pal in Museum Studies on June 29, 2014

The last few days were quite action-packed. And a bit overwhelming. Let me share you a few thoughts on PhD Research Week, the development of my thesis and the learning curve.

Posted in Distance Learning, Postgraduate Study, Reseach | Tagged flight, PhD, research week, travel

Back and forth

Posted by Pal in Museum Studies on May 14, 2014

It has been quite a few weeks since I did anything in regards to my PhD. And this will be the topic of this blog entry. Back in November, when I started my blog, I mentioned that I am now over 40, have a career and I try to find time for my PhD thesis. […]

Posted in Career, Distance Learning, Postgraduate Study | Tagged alone, books, Distance Learning, reading, thesis

Looking back on the MA

Posted by Amy in Museum Studies on October 17, 2013

It’s strange being ‘back’ at the same university. It’s the first time I’ve returned to a degree at a school I’ve previously graduated from. It makes for interesting moments now and then. And this October has been the strangest yet for me and I’m not sure why. I would have thought that first October, being […]

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Newbies

Posted by Amy in Museum Studies on October 5, 2013

So, apparently I need to update this blog more often. Of course, that would imagine something interesting happens more than once a month in my academic life, which, as a PhD student, it doesn’t. But it’s the start of term now and we have a boatload (literally) of MAs who have just started and also […]

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Excitement Grows

Posted by Amy in Museum Studies on September 10, 2013

We have (at present) 7 full-time PhD students starting this October. Which is wonderful news. Last year the numbers were very down and that made it difficult to organise some of the things we were hoping to. With that many new students, helping hands will not be lacking! Of course, out of seven, we might […]

Posted in Future, Postgraduate Study, Studying

August

Posted by Amy in Museum Studies on August 20, 2013

I have no idea what has happened to the last 4 months. I feel like just yesterday I was getting ready to leave for the Camino, and now I’ve been back for two and a half months. Scary! I miss it terribly, at all times of the day. And in some ways I even miss […]

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Life Dilemmas

Posted by Amy in Museum Studies on July 14, 2013

When you start a PhD, objectively you know it’s something you do mostly on your own. You don’t have classes to attend, you may be off in another country doing field work, you are not required to show your face in your department except about once a month…it’s an individual journey at it’s core. It […]

Posted in Friends, Health, Postgraduate Study, Stress