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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 […]
In one single day, my brain would tell me that a) I couldn’t spare fifteen minutes to shower and b) I was further ahead than I thought. Then, hours later, my brain would convince me that they only way I could edit my novel was using a series of binders, and in fact I needed […]
Get out there and have your adventure today. (Stephen Mason, Ride to the Midnight Sun) On the morning before I meet Steve, it is raining heavily. I feel confident that he won’t be phased by the weather though. Steve is a true adventurer. Last year, he completed all of Scotland’s 282 Munros (mountains over 3,000 […]
The Centre for Research on Environment, Society & Health (CRESH) at the University of Edinburgh are looking to appoint a Postdoctoral Researcher in the field of ‘Environment and Health for a period of 4 years to contribute a UK Prevention Research Partnership (UKPRP) Consortium – SPECTRUM (Shaping Public hEalth poliCies To Reduce ineqUalities and harm) […]
Watch this space! Nov 4, 2025
On 30 October, I was delighted to attend Scottish Web Folk at the University of Dundee. This was the second time I’d attended this particular conference – you can read about my previous experience here: Scottish Web Folk 2024: A portal practitioner’s perspective Generative AI was a major theme from both suppliers and institutions There […]
