Reading time: 4 minutes By Carl, postgraduate online learner   Moving to online learning was quite a change for me after being used to the routine of in-person classes. At first, it felt strange not making the daily trip to campus or having chats with friends before lectures. However, studying online offered a completely different way of learning, giving me […]

Reading time: 4 minutes by Aurelia, from the UK, studying MSc International Animal Welfare, Ethics and Law, Postgraduate Online Learner Whether you study full time or part time, face to face or online, at undergraduate or postgraduate level, balancing your studies around the rest of your life is a challenge. But, overcoming this challenge is key to your success. […]

Reading time: 3 minutes by Andrew, from London, studying Biodiversity, Wildlife & Ecosystem Health (MSc), Postgraduate Online Learning Programme I am in the third year of my programme of online study with the University of Edinburgh, and it is very easy to notice that this final instalment of my MSc journey feels rather ‘different’. The first two years of […]

Reading time: 3 minutes by 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 […]

Reading time: 2 minutes by 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 […]

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 […]