Solidarity for the viva-traumatised
So, you may have guessed from the radio silence on my blog over the past couple of weeks or so that my viva did NOT go as planned.
The Viva Prep Post
For the past week and a half, I’ve been meticulously going over all my knowledge about my thesis in order to be ready for anything my examiners throw at me.
No More Feeling So Useless
So, after 10 weeks and 5 days of unemployment, I finally got a job offer.
Just Another Panic Monday
One thing people assume about the unemployed is that every day is the same to them. Weekday, weekend, it makes no difference. After ten weeks, I can assure you, that’s not the case.
Oh, the Humanities!
The humanities get a bad rap.
Fighting the Summer Blues, 2016 Edition
Long-term readers will be aware that I am not good at summer.
Graduate earnings aren’t a valid measure of anything
Today, I will mostly be ranting about the use of graduate earnings to evaluate how good a course/university is.
Seven Misconceptions about People with PhDs
It seems that people have a lot of pre-existing ideas about what someone with a PhD is, does, and wants, when we’re actually a pretty diverse lot.
Work To Live, or Live To Work?
I’m almost at the end of week five of jobsearching.
A Love Letter to Twitter
Academic Twitter is abuzz about an article from The Guardian that suggests 'serious academics' don't do social media.