PhD
My journey to COP26 in Glasgow
I was lucky enough to spend 3 days at COP26 hosted in the Glasgow Science Centre. Even though my PhD research isn’t directly related to climate change, I have always been interested in the ...
My First “Season” at the Bettany Centre for Entrepreneurship
At the time of writing, I’ve joined the Bettany Centre for Entrepreneurship as a new faculty member for just under three months. I thought it would be nice to write a little “milestone” reflection after ...
Standing on my soapbox for women in STEM
On a notoriously wet lockdown December’s day in 2020, I came across Soapbox Science. A platform promoting women in science? A platform to get my research out to the masses? Yes please. Soapbox Science is ...
Is a PhD for me?
My friends often ask me why I chose to study a PhD and why particularly resource recovery from wastewater (How I simplify my title ‘Enhancing biomineral production for resource recovery from wastewater using biocatalysts’). Initially, ...
Why doing a PhD is not a waste of time!
“Academics tend to regard asking whether a PhD is worthwhile as analogous to wondering whether there is too much art or culture in the world.” from The Economist I always believed that the PhD is ...
Invitation to PhD students to ‘Meet, greet and eat’ with your Library Research Support Team, 29 September
To all the PhD students who have started your journey with us during the pandemic….. How we have missed you! One of the hardest things about being a librarian over the past 18 months was ...