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Deciding to do phd

Deciding to Apply for a PhD

Rachel Jones - February 25, 2019

Doctoral Decisions To open this blog post series, I have decided to start at the very beginning by addressing your decision to apply for a PhD. Managing your Masters workload…

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Creating a Personal Touch in Student Communications Campaigns: The Dean’s List

Adam Greenwood - February 12, 2018

It’s been a while since my previous blog entry so I’ll do a speedy round-up of what’s been happening in my university career. I’m currently the Alumni & Communications Coordinator…

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Everything I did wrong…

Caroline Magennis - October 21, 2015

…while hunting for an academic job. For five years I was employed in a variety of (most welcome) short term contracts, and I interviewed the length and breadth of the…

A Telegram from the Unconscious: Martin Amis on Creativity and Style

Geoff Mills - September 22, 2015

Was it simple coincidence, or had Martin Amis heard that I was in town and in need of some high-semantic stimulation? Either way it was with surprise that I discovered…

The Spanish Titles Of University Expert / Specialist

Ricardo Roque Mateos - September 18, 2015

I thought it would be a good idea to share a resource that could give a boost to your CV without too much hassle. Usually when we finish a PhD…

Cruel Summer

Caroline Magennis - June 24, 2015

‘You get the summer off, right? Go on loads of holidays, yeah?’ I imagine you’ve been asked this once or twice, and you’ve rolled your eyes so hard you pulled…

Creative Writing Studies: The Rise of a New Discipline

Geoff Mills - June 14, 2015

When I became a student of Creative Writing in 2007 the pedagogue within me broke through. I came into contact with good teacher-writers, but as a teacher myself I was…

The day Ray Bradbury died

Maria Seijo-Richart - June 5, 2015

What a difference a day makes? Today is 5th June, 2012. Here you are, at your university, with a gigantic bundle of paper in your arms. You enter the department,…

On Prose Style: Simplicity Versus Sesquipedalianism

Geoff Mills - May 3, 2015

I like my prose thick and porridgy. I like to wade through it. I like it to stick to the inside of my brain. Anything too thin and I rapidly…

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“The computer is not working”: being let down by technology

Maria Seijo-Richart - January 17, 2015

I have always hated to rely on technology. Maybe it is because I grew up in a place where computers and electric devices never seemed to work properly, and repairs…

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