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I’ve thought about writing this post for awhile because I want to share all of the scholarships I applied for as a Canadian international PhD student at the University of Edinburgh. My goal with this post is to illuminate funding opportunities, and to help other Canadian researchers and potential doctoral students alleviate the financial stress […]
I completed my VIVA in January 2026, and I wrote pretty extensively in a previous post titled How I survived my viva and PhD thesis defence in creative writing about how I prepared. Preparing for the viva was the most dominant part of the PhD journey. And since everything is leading up to that one […]
Changing the visual design mid-way in a video project is quite unusual, but pivoting to a softer animation style with stick figures proved successful for both the client and us.
1. From time to time, we might move, or be moved, from one place to another. When that movement comes to an end – or at least, to a temporary pause – we find ourselves displaced. Before we have any chance of settling, let alone flourishing or thriving in our new environment, it is important […]
Oct 6, 2021
My name is Phoebe Kirkland, I am an MSc East Asian Studies student, and for the last 4 months, I have been a Digital Collections Assistant working on digitising and improving information available regarding the Hill and Adamson Collection. Although my own research does not deal with conservation or Scottish heritage, I have a lot […]
