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Getting into studying online

Reading time: 3 minutesby Aurelia, from the UK, studying MSc International Animal Welfare, Ethics and Law, Postgraduate Online Learner Getting started with your studies can feel like an overwhelming time, this can be more difficult if you are studying an online course as you wont have a physical classroom or the same kind of timetable to help you […]

22nd December 2021 0

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Living in Student Accommodation

Reading time: 2 minutesby Faith, from Kenya, studying Innovation Technology and the Law (LLM), 1st year (PG) Finding accommodation in a new city is by far one of the most challenging and confusing tasks for a student (at least it was for me). The challenge comes in when you have various options but are not sure which one […]

11th August 2021 1

A day in the life

Reading time: < 1 minuteby Ruby, from Yorkshire, studying History, Postgraduate I’m sharing a day in my life studying during the pandemic. This vlog was originally published on ‘SHCA: Blogs from the School of History, Classics and Archaeology’. To read more blogs from History, Classics and Archaeology students you can visit the site here: https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/shca/

24th July 2021 0

The PhD as an Exercise in Stoicism

Reading time: 4 minutesby Theoklitos, from Greece, studying PhD Precision Medicine, 3rd Year In this short essay, I would like to talk about the way in which stoicism is both a skill required to thrive (and survive) during a PhD project, but also a mindset which naturally evolves through all the hardships you face in that time. Stoicism […]

23rd July 2021 3

Beyond

Reading time: 2 minutesby Greg, from the UK, PhD Precision Medicine, 4th Year Current status. Location: Edinburgh, UK. Weather: Grey. Beverage: coke. Currently reading: Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry & The Logic of Scientific Discovery by Karl Popper. I’m Greg, and I have been a scientist for the last nine years. I’m studying for my PhD […]

3rd July 2021 0

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Distance study to distance working

Reading time: 2 minutesby Monjurul, from Bangladesh, studying MSc One Health, 2nd Year I’m a distance student at the university from Bangladesh. I joined the programme in 2019 and I’m now at the end of diploma level study. When I joined the programme, I was within a break of work for a while. Studying via distance learning helped […]

30th June 2021 0

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