Doing a PhD with an energy-limiting illness

Before Long COVID many people were unaware of post-viral illnesses; I was too until I became ill a few years ago. I was diagnosed with ME/CFS (Myalgic encephalomyelitis), or chronic fatigue syndrome, a condition characterised by widespread pain, immune and nervous system dysfunction, and a whole host of other symptoms on top of bone-crushing…

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No Pressure

I had a title for my project— Memorial Benches: A Cultural Marker in the Landscape — and a starting date for my PhD of 1st January 2021. When I look back on it now it seems a bit crazy but, within days of…

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Collaged Hybrids Under Analysis

When I heard about the Images of Research 2021 competition, I was at the very start of my PhD journey. I had engaged with some of the training programme sessions about disseminating and communicating your research and I decided that…

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