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.
From March this year, the joyful clamour of celebration for mental health awareness and wellbeing should have been ringing out across Edinburgh. PosiFest 2020, a new festival created by a group of University of Edinburgh postgraduates, was set to fill central Edinburgh venues with positivity. Instead, these venues—the Pear …
It is challenging to write about my real experience with the COVID-19 situation because every day is so different. I guess my overall lesson from this experience is to observe my mood and feelings and be compassionate with myself. Some days are more comfortable, and I have enough energy to …
Life has become centred around our flat and we have found a way to make it feel less like “being stuck” and more like a temporary challenge. I am lucky because I live with people I consider close friends. We all enjoy similar things and we have enough space in …
2020 did not start like a normal year. Many things were happening around the world. Me, along with other PhD students, are doing our best to develop our projects, study, and work. We all had plans in the short, medium and long term. Then COVID-19 happened, and, with it, Britain´s …
