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Student Stories

Student Stories

Blogs and vlogs from students of the University of Edinburgh

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Reading time: 3 minutes by Greg, from the United Kingdom, PhD Precision Medicine, 4th Year Current status. Location: Ayrshire, UK. Weather: rain. Beverage: water. Currently reading: Fooled by Randomness by NNT & A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. I’m Greg, and I have been a scientist for the last nine years. I’m studying for my PhD in physiology. I’m […]

Reading time: 3 minutes by Georgina, from the United Kingdom, MSc Equine Science, 1st Year   Reflections of 2020 With the occurrence of advent, now is the time of year when we all start to look back over the last 12 months – what wehave enjoyed, what we have achieved, when we have failed and when we have struggled. […]

Reading time: 3 minutes by Greg, from the United Kingdom, PhD Precision Medicine, 4th Year I’m Greg, and I have been a scientist for the last nine years. I’m studying for my PhD in physiology. I’m currently wrapping up my research for Christmas, but this blog is all about making noise. I was a chatterbox, as a child, so […]

Reading time: 2 minutes by Ida, from Scotland, MSc Clinical Trials (online), Graduate As I progressed through my surgical training in Otorhinolaryngology (Ear, Nose and Throat), I found that I have a lot of clinical questions like the outcome of particular surgical techniques, reliability of certain screening methods and many more, that I cannot simply find in textbooks or […]

Reading time: 2 minutes by Doireann, from Ireland, studying PhD Precision Medicine, 2nd Year One more month closer to the end of this all-round awful year! As we all know, once the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, 2020 will be behind us, taking all of our problems and pandemics with it (wishful thinking, sadly). This past month […]

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Reading time: 4 minutes by Emma, from the United States, studying PhD One Health Models of Disease, 1st Year I think everyone has an internal clock that started ticking the moment their personal lockdowns began, or when the “new normal” was introduced. Most people start counting from the middle of March, or maybe specifically from 11 March 2020, when […]

Reading time: 2 minutes by Ajoke, from Nigeria, Master of Public Health (online), 2nd Year Making good grades, and making the best out of an opportunity to be in school, does not happen without good strategies and proper planning. Of course it is impossible to spend the 24 hours of a day studying and doing assignments, especially because there are other things to be done in […]

Reading time: 2 minutes by Jamilla, from the United Kingdom, PhD Molecular Biology, 4th Year It’s PhD application season! As a first generation PhD student, I know that choosing to do a PhD, let alone a specific project, can be daunting. I remember scrolling through endless lists on FindAPhD, and browsing through tons of university webpages. I didn’t understand […]

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