When I began my Master of Business Administration (MBA) five years ago, I had one clear goal: to graduate. My plan was to go back to school, challenge myself, and return to work. It was a one-off adventure that I wanted to embark upon to refresh my life.
Upon completing my MBA, however, I felt empty. After two intense years…
A short overview of the UARCTIC Network and the opportunities it offers for Arctic researchers
6th August 2020
Cover shot – A view of Nuuk, October 2017
What is the UARCTIC?
When I started studying the Arctic Region and its indigenous peoples, I had little knowledge about its features and peculiarities. After moving to Rovaniemi at the end of 2016, I started to acquire a better understanding of the European Arctic, but I did…
During the first six months of my PhD in Soft Matter and Functional Interfaces Centre of Doctoral Training (SOFI CDT), I and 20 other PhD students (Cohort 5 of SOFI) had the opportunity to act as “consultants” as part of our training of understanding soft matter science within an industrial and multidisciplinary context.
This well-intended question is a persistent source of anxiety for PhD students (myself included). You can feel subjected to a disproportionate level of career-related questioning. The end of a PhD can feel like an ominous T-junction: do you take the academic route, or the non-academic route? I’ve found this binary approach…
I came to Durham University to pursue a PhD
in Quantum Physics and Computing. The purpose of this blog is to show that
Quantum Physics (and computation!!) doesn’t really have to be as hard as what
Scientist are publishing!
Let’s just have a look at a famous
experiment called the Hong–Ou–Mandel optical effect and try…
Cover shot – The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope – with myself barely visible in front. Photo credit: Ugnė Dudzevičiūtė.
As a PhD student in astrophysics, an exciting possibility is being sent to a telescope in some exotic, faraway location for observing – making sure the telescope operates properly and…
A week in Arolla, Switzerland – third year BSc Geography Fieldtrip
13th December 2019
Studying Geography at Durham is the best way to make your friends envy you! The integration of fieldwork into our course provides for amazing trips abroad that not many other degrees can boast about. In my third year studying BSc Geography, I jumped at the opportunity to continue to develop my research skills while in the Swiss…
During the Spring semester of 2019, I left Durham to participate in a three-month research and training visit to the United States as part of the Overseas Institutional Visit scheme for PhD students funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
Workshop in Experimental Economics
My visit began at the
Graduate…
A Day in the life of a Durham Uni Hockey Player, Coach and Postgraduate Research Student
29th October 2019
I have just submitted my Masters at Durham, where I had the pleasure of spending the last year and a half as an athlete, coach, and student. A native of Maryland in the United States, I was drawn to Durham for its top-notch academics, as well as its elite hockey program. In addition to playing on Durham University Hockey…
Crosby beach is not your typical seaside experience, instead of sand and shells, this strip of beach is covered in bricks, tiles and the rubble of people’s lives.
Liverpool was hit badly in the Blitz, with many parts of the city centre and surrounding housing areas levelled by hundreds of bombs. After the war, a decision…
