These days, I try to get as much PhD work done as I can through the week so that by… Read more I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden

It’s currently Friday afternoon, and I’m expecting this post to be a post of two parts. Hopefully, I’ll get to… Read more Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

This week was a supervision week for me, and those weeks tend to be a mix of: a) nerves about… Read more You drive me nervous

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been thinking about research poster design, due in no small part to my… Read more Strike a pose

Sometimes doing a PhD seems like a silly idea, especially when people ask if you have a career change in… Read more Worth it

This time last week, I was planning a week of reading and very organised note-taking. It was mid-term which, for… Read more Always on my mind

I gave myself the day off yesterday.  No studying, no reading, not a PhD-related word was spoken…until conversations started to… Read more Escape

Last year at a conference, a newly qualified EdD suggested to the new EdD and PhD students in his audience… Read more With a Little Help from My Friends

It’s hard to tell whether this post signals the end of the bumpy road that was last week or the… Read more The Masterplan

Anyone who knows me, knows I’m an avid reader. I have a home that resembles a library, and on any… Read more Paperback writer?

Perhaps I should have known, as I was crawling back into bed at 6.30am this morning having switched off the… Read more I wonder why they call me the phdonderer…