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WeTheHumanities - Starting my week as a curator
Image by Tom Raftery via Flickr under a Creative Commons license. Back in July I first came across the @wethehumanities Twitter account when my friend, and fellow 'sgsaher', Louise Creechan curated the account for a week. The idea behind WeTheHumanities is that each week a different researcher or practitioner working…
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PhDs, Striking The Perfect Balance & 'AcademicFOMO'
Image is one of my own, taken during a PhD break. It seems to me, coming now into my second year, that the PhD process is all about striking a balance. Not just between work and personal life but also between the thesis and everything else we're expected to do…
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Should all PhD students learn a second language?
Photo by Judy van der Velden via Flickr, under a Creative Commons license. This week I want to ask whether all PhD students should learn a second language? Should this just be a core part of our PhD training or is it yet another thing to try to fit into…
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Happy New (Academic) Year!: Some Resolutions
I don't know about anyone else but having spent the vast majority of my life in education I've come to see the beginning of a new academic year with just as much significance as the 31st of December (and that's saying something being Scottish and therefore very fond of Hogmanay!…
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Reflecting on MOOCs - Experiences of a (sort of) first-timer
So I have a bit of a confession to make... I have never actually completed a MOOC despite signing up for a number of them since they first creeped onto my radar back in 2012 or so. I could attribute this to an aspect of my personality which my other-half…