Reading Time: 4 minutes …by Emma / from the United States / studying PhD One Health Models of Disease / 1st Year My white lab coat is buttoned from chin to mid-shin, I have snapped my blue latex gloves decisively as I put them on, and I have my COVID-19 compliant face mask firmly on and looped over my […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes …by Doireann / from Ireland / studying PhD Precision Medicine / 2nd Year When I imagined the life of a PhD student two years ago, I pictured long days in the lab, no time for hobbies, loneliness and isolation. While the isolation part was proven to be true this year (do we need to discuss […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes …by Jamilla / from the UK / studying PhD Molecular Biology / 4th Year I wanted to be a scientist from a young age – I was forever making potions or looking at flies under a toy microscope. I didn’t know about PhDs or MScs at that age; all I knew is that I wanted […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute …by Noof / from Qatar / studying MSc Clinical Management of Pain / 1st Year I am doing my MSc online while also working as a pain nurse. Many people find it difficult to study and work and take care of family at the same time. Everything seems complex and hard to manage until you learn how to […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes …by Kirsten / from Italy / studying MSc Equine Science / 2nd year Summer time! Sunshine, holidays, relax… or is it? As an online MSc student I’d say not exactly. However, with some careful planning and time management summer can be both a relaxing and a productive time of year for us students! So how […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes …by Monjurul / from Bangladesh / studying MSc One Health / 1st Year I’m going to explain some personal experience in order to avoid the reduction of marks just because you wrote some extra words in your assignment. I usually write less than the quota given for any assignment. Recently, I was given an assignment […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes …by Kirsten / from Italy / studying MSc Equine Science (2nd year) Hello everyone! Kirsten here, I’m a second year MSc Equine Science student from Italy. This is my first post and I would like to tell you a little about my personal experience of taking an online degree and the opportunities this type of […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes …by Rory / from Scotland / studying MScR Biomedical Sciences / 1st Year Strangely, this COVID-19 pandemic has reminded me of an aspect of my course I feel would be important to share. Although very few comparisons can be made about a busy MScR course and sitting at home day after day without a job, […]