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The PhD Life Raft Podcast

Jun 28, 2021

This week’s episode focuses on the experience of Sam Belfrage a full time PhD student at the University of Winchester, in the Faculty of Health and Well-being.  Sam identifies as a working class academic and first generation university student.  Her research is exploring community based interventions to improve health...


Jun 21, 2021

Productivity is an issue that PhD students often struggle with and this week’s episode offers lots of practical advice to help you through! 

 

Dr Kate Litterer is a Productivity Coach, independent scholar, and author who lives outside Boston, Massachusetts in the U.S.  Kate received her MFA degree in Creative Writing...


Jun 14, 2021

Elisa Webb describes herself as a student, teacher, writer - her debut novel Darkling Park was published with Patrician Press. In this week’s episode she shares her journey through building a successful career; through burnout and depression; and on into a Practice-based Southern Gothic Imaginative Writing PhD.  

 

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Jun 5, 2021

This week I talk to Professor Vernon Trafford about what a PhD examiner is looking for in your thesis.

 

Vernon Trafford is Professor Emeritus at Anglia Ruskin University, UK and Research Associate at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He has held visiting professorships in India, Scandinavia, Singapore, South...