Author: Jason Chu What's your story? This is a question I never thought I'd ask myself about my science or my research. What is my story? I've always had it in my mind, that science is about understanding the literature, asking the unanswered questions, analysing these results and discussing what they mean. Very methodical. There's … Continue reading What’s your true, personal story in science?
We’re stressed; things aren’t working out as planned. The idea of spending those few free hours of your time and energy volunteering for committees, events and activities seems silly. I’m going to convince you otherwise. Some vocab that you’ve probably heard of: “Social Responsibility” is an obligation to act for the benefit of society at … Continue reading PhD’s and Social Responsibility: Spreading the word – public outreach and green impact
Authors: By Mike Daniels and Katie Walwyn-Brown So your thesis either submitted (how good did that feel, right?) or almost done, the end of your PhD is in sight and the distant future is now not so distant. There is one more challenge to get through, your viva. The subject of academic myth and legend, … Continue reading Claiming Victory in your Viva
Authors: Mike Daniels, Katie-Walwyn-Brown and Kirsty McIntyre This time 4 years ago we were enjoying what was billed to be our final summer, the last hurrah, the end of fun as we knew it. We were about to embark on our PhDs at the University of Manchester and were staring down the barrel of 4 … Continue reading 20 Tips from the PhD Time Machine
Welcome to sunny ol’ Manchester. There’s no better city to find yourself attached to for the foreseeable future. At least that’s how we feel here at the Hive. Since its inception, the Research Hive has come on leaps and bounds as the new home of the Doctoral Academy Blog. In that time, we’ve been building … Continue reading Editorial: Welcome to Manchester
Author: Hannah Long Tackling health inequalities by engaging those ‘seldom seen, seldom heard’ in research and healthcare services is a priority for the Department of Health, National Health Service and research universities in the UK. In July, the University of Manchester’s Public Programmes Team, of the Research and Innovation Division, held a two-day community ‘Sandpit’ … Continue reading “We are not that hard to reach!” – involving ‘seldom heard’ communities in research
Author: Hannah Long Do you ever feel like you have had successes, but are undeserving of them? That soon people are going to realise that you are not as good as they think you are? There’s been a mistake; I’ve got here by sheer serendipitous luck and I’m a fraud. Am I really going to … Continue reading Feel like an academic fraud? Tips for shaking off imposter syndrome
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