The Platelet Summer School: Attending training events for PhD students
Organised by the Platelet Society, the European Platelet Summer School is a three-day programme of seminars, open group discussions and practical workshops provided by leading international experts in platelet biology. The objective of this event is to introduce PhD…
Read MoreEndings and Beginnings
This year is the fourth year of what should have been a six-year part-time PhD by Practice in Creative Writing. Instead, it will probably be my last. While many researchers have been severely adversely impacted by the pandemic, I…
Read MoreHow hard can it be to read?
I am Jeremy, a first-year MPhil student supervised by Dr Matthew Shardlow, and I am working on natural language processing, which is a cross-subject of computer science and linguistics. I believe anyone interested in sci-fiction must be familiar with…
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This summer, thanks to the research grant awarded by Manchester Metropolitan University , I was able to travel to Syracuse, Italy. The purpose of my trip was to study the ancient Greek language with other students and professors of…
Read MoreInternational Gothic Association Conference 2022: An Invaluable Opportunity for Disseminating Research, Networking, and Exploring Ireland’s Gothic Heritage
My first conference experience happened in 2018 when the International Gothic Association held their annual conference at Manchester Metropolitan University. After a conference the following year in Chicago and a two-year delay due to COVID-19, I was delighted to…
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