Reading time: 2 minutes by Njideka, from Nigeria, Master of Public Health (online), 3rd Year I was so excited when I got into the online Master’s in Public Health program at the University of Edinburgh. I’ll tell you about how much of a dream come true it was for me another day, but today let’s talk about how sure […]

Reading time: 3 minutes by Isabel, from Mexico, studying MSc Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare, 1st Year Hello everyone. I hope you are staying healthy and safe. My name is Isabel, I am from Mexico and I am currently doing my MSc in Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare. I wanted to write a little about my experience […]

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 ears, hopefully concealing […]

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 why?), this image […]

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 to be in […]

Reading time: < 1 minutes 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 manage […]

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 do we go […]

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 to write with […]