In this category you can find realistic accounts of the ‘PGR experience’ including the visceral anxieties we may experience every day. You may also find research-driven wellbeing reflections and lifestyle tips.
“Embarking on a doctoral journey is an exciting yet challenging endeavor, filled with numerous milestones and new experiences. Among these experiences, attending academic conferences as a PhD student holds a unique place. However, for many PhD students, the exhilaration of presenting their work at these conferences is accompanied by persistent …
The PhD journey can be lonely, especially at the beginning when everything feels uncertain and overwhelming. Peer support is crucial at this time, providing emotional support, encouragement and feedback. In this article, Rhea and Isaac share how they found solidarity during their PhD journeys. Rhea, a PhD student moving to …
First things first – having a child has been one of the biggest blessings of my life, if not the biggest. And equally, having enrolled in a PhD in Clinical Psychology, here at the University of Edinburgh, is also a big milestone for me. As I came to realise, each …
New Year 2020 (little did I know the isolation that was coming), I spent the best part of a week, a rare week off work, filling in funding applications, stressing about the deadlines and the fact that I needed references from people who were themselves on holiday. I knew I …
Doing our PhD is so much more than just our research. It is a transformation in our way of life. Especially if like me, you have moved abroad to do it. It is a life change – a huge one – and it sometimes feels like a lonely process. Those …
When we make a career choice, we almost always have a good reason for that. A medical doctor to save lives, a lawyer to bring justice to innocent people, a teacher to help set young people on the right path. However, motivations can go beyond these. A medical doctor might …
An excerpt from my participatory research, following the experience of a young person at the Center for Adolescent Mental Health, and supporting them in turning their advice to a music video. Mental health is a positive. That’s what Sam* told me at the Centre for Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS), where …
Could mental health awareness be the key to a successful PhD application? To answer this question, a good starting point could be sharing a little bit about myself. My name is Koraima, I am from Quito (Ecuador), and I am a first year PhD student in Clinical Psychology. My interests …
Would you believe me if I told you that a Ted talk changed everything in my life? I was in my final year of under-graduation studying economics. To be very honest, I wasn’t enjoying the subject anymore. I was studying as I had to graduate and obtain good grades. I …
Back in October 2015, I was competing for an elusive space in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. My sport was canoe slalom; a technically, physically, and mentally demanding sport that requires its athletes to navigate a canoe/kayak through a set course of gates, without touching or missing any of them, …
