wellbeing

2nd year ups and downs

December 18, 2019 by Abbie Jones

Following on from my previous post on my ups and downs during my 1st year, this post covers my main ups and downs from my 2nd year. Mid-point struggles I…

Research in foreign lands: Part I- the challenges

November 7, 2018 by Nazia Nasir

[This is the first part of a blog which discusses the challenges faced by research scholars from developing countries, with Indians dominating this diaspora, when they move abroad to pursue…

How can we help academic colleagues to stay healthy? Experience & ideas

August 1, 2017 by Luana Chiquetto

Recently, I wrote about mental health in academia. I said that we need to talk about mental health, and our struggles with it, so we can end the stigma. I…

How I found out, how NOT to be an academic

June 28, 2017 by Kathy McKay

Recently I’ve been following the narrative about working hours in academia. What we talked about on the blog, and what you told us in a Twitter poll. What the brilliant…

Mental Health in Academia: Lets talk about it.

June 19, 2017 by Luana Chiquetto

Let’s talk about mental health in academia. I know we sometimes don’t like to talk about it much. We’d rather talk about anything else than talk about mental health –…

Keep on running: what inspires PhD students to become runners?

June 12, 2017 by Heather Griffiths

If you run, you are a runner. It doesn’t matter how fast or how far. It doesn’t matter if today is your first day or if you’ve been running for…

My Alternative Academic (Alt-ac) Career – Guest blogger, Dr Rob Edwards

June 5, 2017 by Guest Blogger

We’re delighted to hear from a researcher who has wrestled with the post-phd limbo and come out the other side with an alt-ac career. Dr Rob Edwards has found a…

Are you procrastinating? Or opening yourself to inspiration…

May 19, 2017 by Jenny Delasalle

The other week, I spotted a tweet, which inspired me to write this blogpost on procrastination: It is a story that is very familiar to me: I, too, fight my…

Academic articles and non-academic inspiration

May 8, 2017 by Kathy McKay

Academic articles can be inspired from some very non-academic places and sometimes inspiration can come from the strangest things… A little while ago, I wrote an academic paper examining the…

A Critical Ka-Pow – Researchers in popular culture

April 10, 2017 by Kathy McKay

Researchers in popular culture have not only kicked arse and saved the world but have also worn brilliant cardigans Inspired by the 20th anniversary of the cultural touchstone that is…

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