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How to throw a pancake party
Tuesday night is not traditionally a great night for a party. Your invitees have recovered from the weekend, and who wants to go out on a school night? It is not my fault, though, that Shrove Tuesday falls midweek. Known … Continue reading
Harder, harder
One careers seminar offered to undergraduates during my degree discussed the pros and cons of pursuing postgraduate study. After the seminar, I spoke to the Careers Tutor responsible for undergraduates in our department. I told him that I was finding … Continue reading
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Octogenarian
People your age, they often find old people…boring My great-aunt made this assertion, when I described the volunteer befriending role mentioned in my previous post. I am not absolutely sure that “boring” is the reason many young people avoid spending … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging the PhD, Life
Tagged Elderly, musings on life and death, Volunteering
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Goodwill to all men
Teaching and research are not the only areas of Imperial College’s activity affected by spending cuts. Earlier this autumn, Imperial Volunteer Centre announced that due to reduced funding from a specific scheme administered by the Higher Education Funding Council for … Continue reading
PhDs around the world
Prompted by a couple of comments on my previous post, I started wondering about different PhD procedures around the world. Thanks in no small part to tez intech00bs, I have scientist friends in many countries, but most of the PhD … Continue reading
Milestones
I was given a handy sheet of paper when I started my PhD. Entitled Milestones – Cule, it sets out the dates by which I must complete a number of administrative steps. After agreeing on a supervisor, subsequent milestones included … Continue reading
Cliffhanger 2
If you have landed at OT via my old blog, you will be aware that I left you there on the edge of your seat. This is an eventful week for me. The launch of the Sharpest Blogging Network in … Continue reading
Cliffhanger 1
Today there are some changes for Blogging the PhD. I am proud to be part of the launch of Occam’s Typewriter, the sharpest blogging network in the box. To find out the outcome of my previous post, head over there. … Continue reading
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