Dec 15, 2020
It’s the last episode of Season One and our Christmas special and we are celebrating with two guests!
Chloé Bradwell is a Drama practitioner and SWW DTP funded PhD candidate at the University of Exeter and Aberystwyth University. Chloé has held the positions of Activity Manager and Research Associate in care...
Dec 6, 2020
Feeling lonely is one of the most common difficulties for PhD students - particularly those studying overseas.
This week’s podcast talks to Georgina Binnie who founded the ‘Writing Back’ project in 2014; the award-winning scheme matches home-based and international University of Leed students as pen pals with older...
Nov 30, 2020
Lynette Goddard is Professor of Black Theatre and Performance at Royal Holloway, University of London. Their research and teaching is focused in the area of the politics of contemporary Black British theatre and performance, including work on new writing by Black playwrights and contemporary Black productions...
Nov 23, 2020
According to a study by The Council of Graduate Schools, 44% of doctoral students lose their motivation and do not complete their degree within 10 years. Maintaining your passion and motivation for your PhD is a real challenge - especially in the times that we find ourselves in where just keeping going is...
Nov 16, 2020
From her extensive work in the field Valerie Young guesses that approximately 90% of PhD students experience imposter syndrome! In this episode she offers some reflections on why academic culture may feed that anxiety of being found out as a fraud; as well as offering some advice on how to shift your perspective.
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