Yesterday I had the opportunity to join the Gifford Lectures with Dr Cornel West on his third lecture titled, Folly Presto, held at the Informatics Forum at the University of Edinburgh. I was there a a guest blogger, having previously attended a coffee reception with Dr West, as well as faculty from the School of […]

Each year the Writer-in-Residence at the University of Edinburgh organizes an end-of-year conference for students in undergraduate, masters and doctoral programs. This year, our effervescent writer-in-residence is Michael Pedersen – an accomplished writer and poet, and scribbler of the most charming emails. This may be trivial but after many years of being on the receiving […]

Starting the PhD I came into my PhD program not really knowing much about what a PhD really was. I knew the basics of my program. Write a 70,000 word novel and a 20,000 word critical reflexive. But I didn’t really know what else I was supposed to be doing. When doing a postgraduate program […]