Student Experience
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Autism and neurodiversity: Working together to understand better and prompt equality, inclusion and acceptance by Nahory Hernandez Mancilla
A student blog as part of the Doctoral Exchange series organised by the Doctoral College. As a neurodiverse person myself, I experience challenges every day even when just trying to go out. What may be a simple journey to university and finding...
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Making the most of the online learning experience, time management & work balance by Marina Vicente Brunes
A student blog as part of the Doctoral Exchange series organised by the Doctoral College. During our Doctoral Exchange workshop we talked about several aspects to achieve the desired balance between work, study and personal life. It was great to see some people’s...
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Doing your doctorate in a second language by Scott Nielsen
A student blog as part of the Doctoral Exchange series organised by the Doctoral College. The Doctoral Exchange I was part of running was doing your PhD in a second language. We had 14 people in the chatroom looking to share experiences...
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Putting the PGR in LGBT+: Musings from an Informal Chat with Other LGBT+ Doctoral Students by Thomas Williams
A student blog as part of the Doctoral Exchange series organised by the Doctoral College. This year there have been several events to mark LGBT+ History Month at the university. I was very pleased to offer a dedicated space for LGBT+ doctoral...
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Using Social Media to Recruit Participants during Covid-19 by Hala Yasmine Khaled
A student blog as part of the Doctoral Exchange series organised by the Doctoral College. In light of the current restrictions imposed by Covid-19, many researchers had to modify their research plans and switch from in-person to online data collection....
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Experiences of being an LGBTQ+ academic doing LGBTQ+ research
Blog written by Dr Luke Fletcher Hello! I recently joined the University of Bath School of Management as a Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in December 2020. I previously worked at Aston University in Birmingham (2016-20) and the University of Brighton (2014-16)...
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Parenting as a postgrad by Fadoua Govaerts and Eliana Maria Osorio Saez
A student blog as part of the Doctoral Exchange Series organised by the Doctoral College. We are PhD students in the Department of Education who have experienced difficulties in balancing life as a parent and being a postgrad student. We...
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Doctoral Experiences of Interviewing Techniques by Juliette Engelhart
A student blog as part of the Doctoral Exchange Series organised by the Doctoral College. Juliette Engelhart, a doctoral researcher at the School of Management researching supply chain management, hosted a peer to peer discussion on qualitative interviewing techniques via...
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Doctoral Experiences of Being LGBTQ+ in Academia by Thomas Williams
A student blog as part of the Doctoral Exchange Series organised by the Doctoral College. Stonewall’s 2018 LGBT in Britain University Report demonstrates that LGBT inclusion in universities across the UK still has room for improvement. “...all too often, LGBT...