Adapting to COVID: poo through the post

I had started my PhD and been on campus for roughly 2 months when the U.K. first went into lockdown in March 2020. As the situation developed, and it became evermore clear we were in this for the long…

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Otters and Pharmaceuticals: Evaluating the impact

I’m investigating pharmaceuticals as potential environmental contaminants in otters.  Pharmaceuticals may reach the environment in many ways, such as after being excreted by humans or being disposed of unused.  They are ubiquitous in the environment, and have been found…

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The research assemblage: re-imagining the PhD ‘mess’

I’m currently in my final year of a PhD exploring transition to adulthood for young people with learning disabilities. It is a PhD which has taken far longer than anticipated thanks to a pause for maternity leave and a…

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