Annual reviews are deemed important points of progression during the PhD journey. In addition to being a progression review, the annual review helps to support students to successfully continue and complete their PhD journey. For first–year PhD students, annual reviews may be considered one of the most important points in their year, more so than subsequent annual …
It is Friday morning, before the “lockdown Monday” and I start planning my food shopping list for next week. I am planning to get some fruit, vegetables, chicken and beef. I go to the supermarket in the evening and the shelves where I was supposed to find those items, were empty, completely empty. My first thought was: …
The School of Health in Social Science is associated with different departments, subject areas and research topics. It can be inspiring to work across disciplines and to share a workspace with researchers from varying backgrounds. Focusing on similarities while benefitting from our differences helped us create our relatively new research …
When I started my PhD in 2018, two more experienced students (who are now Dr Somia Imran and Dr Temitayo Odewusi) organized a brilliant workshop on Viva preparation. It was my first year, but I was curious how the process of finishing three to four years of work would look …
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 …
I once heard a story about a PhD student who had been to a war zone, telling other PhD students that she was more scared of her Viva at the end of her PhD than she was of being exposed to war. This is a story that stayed with …
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 …
