Back to Basics: A Balancing Act, or How to Keep a Work/Life Balance During Your PhD

In this week’s blog, resident blogger Beth shares her tips on how to maintain a work/life balance during your PhD. Photo by Tim Gouw on Pexels.com Full disclosure, when this blog goes live I will be up a hill in the Lake District. An old friend is visiting the UK for a few days and … Continue reading Back to Basics: A Balancing Act, or How to Keep a Work/Life Balance During Your PhD

My Research Life: International Women’s Day as a Woman in Academia

In this week’s blog, Beth Price celebrates International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, reflecting on what still needs to be done. International Women's Day Poster, free resource from IWD website March is Women’s History Month, and this Friday, 8 March, is International Women’s Day (IWD), so naturally I have been thinking about my existence … Continue reading My Research Life: International Women’s Day as a Woman in Academia

Back to Basics: Building networks beyond your department

In this week’s blog, Beth Price shares her advice on how to network as a postgraduate or early-career researcher, and how to make meaningful connections outside of your department.  Photo by fauxels on Pexels.com Mention the word “networking” within hearing distance of a group of postgraduate students, and they will either shudder or suddenly become … Continue reading Back to Basics: Building networks beyond your department