By Hanna Smyth | Most of the PhD students I know either have been or are currently involved in organising some kind of academic event. Krysten Blackstone wrote recently that attending conferences is “that non-required requirement of your PhD”, and I… Continue Reading →
By Zofia Guertin | When I was invited by Pubs and Publications to write a post about penning a travel-archaeology blog, I was thrilled! It proved that someone had read my nerdy blog! However, there was one small problem – I am… Continue Reading →
Roseanna Doughty | Here at Pubs and Pubs we felt we could not be long out done by the political gymnastics being performed by Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and co. Unwilling to thatch my head or assume another questionable hair… 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 Drew Thomas | Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Tinder, LinkedIn – Does the world really need another social network? I consider myself a pretty tech-savy person, but when it came to Academia.edu, I was always hesitant to create another social… Continue Reading →
By Fraser Raeburn | The catalyst for this post was an article I saw shared on social media during Holocaust Remembrance Day, talking about the ‘forgotten’ victims of the Holocaust, namely ‘Gays, Gypsies and Priests’. It reminded me somewhat of an… Continue Reading →
By Alison Garden | Postgraduate study, and academia in general, often seems like a game with a secret code that only certain individuals understand the rules to. However, while there is undoubtedly a whole lot of dodgy dealing in academia, it… Continue Reading →
By Roseanna Doughty | First of all congratulations and welcome to all you new PhD students. You’ve probably by now passed the first test, working out where to matriculate, and are wandering around with the vague feeling that you should be… Continue Reading →
By Roseanna Doughty | It took a fair amount of agonising over finding that perfect photograph, which says ‘I am a serious yet glamourous and fun-loving academic’ but doesn’t make me look like I have a double chin, and a full-blown… Continue Reading →
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