Tag: phdlife
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Always Online: The problem with Twitter
As PhD students we are often told how important it is to maintain an active and professional online presence and to make use of a myriad of different services and social networks to do this: Twitter, academia.edu, LinkedIn and long-form blogging, to name just a few. There are also…
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Speaking My Language: Taking time out to learn Chinese
In my last post I mentioned briefly that one of the things that's been taking up my time lately is learning Chinese. Back in October, I got the opportunity to take part in the AHRC 'Speaking My Language' programme. I've always had a keen interest in learning new languages and…
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Refinding Balance and #TinyChallenges
So it’s been a while since I last blogged! In fact my blog tells me that it has been exactly 71 days since my last post, which slightly ironically was all about the value and importance of blogging. Lots has happened in the past 71 days to account for…
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What's in a Blog?
Image courtesy of @LucieWhitmore. Research bloggers blogging at the SGSAH 'Research Blogging in the Arts and Humanities' workshop 19th-20th August, 2015 Research Blogging in the Arts and Humanities Back in August I worked with a group of PhD students from Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities to run a training workshop on…
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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…