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by Hortense Le Ferrand | Dear young PhD student, Having successfully graduated from my PhD in material science, I would like to pass on some advice so that you can fully enjoy the next few years. Since I did… Continue Reading →
By Maurice Casey | A couple of months ago, I was enjoying post-seminar drinks in the Oxford Kings Arms. Nearby were a couple with a golden retriever, whose name I learned was Dougie. At one point, Dougie was seated at the… Continue Reading →
There is a ‘rule of thirds’ when diagnosing Attention Hyperactive Deficit Disorder: One-third of children who are diagnosed with ADHD grow out of it, one-third continue to display symptoms in adulthood, and the remaining third represents those who are undiagnosed,… Continue Reading →
By Jessica Douthwaite | The place of one’s ‘self’ within the research process is a subject that no historian can avoid. Subjectivity has become an essential facet of academia, respected because it takes into account the personal influences that impact our… Continue Reading →
By Fraser Raeburn | I recently read an article about unthinking privilege in the arts – the slow realisation of a writer that rich kids don’t just grow up to be doctors and lawyers, but also dominate the artistic world, because… Continue Reading →
By Fraser Raeburn | In a recent lunchtime discussion about the opportunities available in our department, the dreaded c-word came up. Usually, it must be said, this word comes up only when discussing our undergraduates and what entitled little customers they… Continue Reading →
By Richard Parfitt | Every year, on the 12th July (‘the Twelfth’), members of the Orange Order march to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne. At this battle, near Drogheda on the Irish east coast, the Protestant… Continue Reading →
By Laura Harrison | Needless to say, a lot has been happening in the world in the last month. There are a variety of coping mechanisms: blanket forts, alcohol, blissful ignorance. Many people, as Fraser discussed following Brexit, have chosen to… Continue Reading →
By Scott Reid and Hugh Roberts | Unlike any other wise PhD student taking steps to counter first-year worries over procrastination by making meaningful progress with their research, we have resorted to joining the great unwashed masses in their craze for… Continue Reading →
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