Presenting at Your First International Conference: A PhD Student’s Experience
As I waited for my fellow academics to reply to my attempt at generating audience participation, I was glad I said no to the offer of whisky at last night’s conference social. After a nervous second, thankfully, around half…
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National Fitness Day
In celebration of National Fitness Day, Nathan, one of our PhD researchers, has written a blog about the importance of physical activity, and in relation to his research area of developing an exercise intervention that reduces the bone and…
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The Importance of Mentorship: Reflecting on the Success of the Pilot PGR Mentoring Scheme in Social Care and Social Work
Photo by Christina @ wocintechchat.com on Unsplash As we approach the new semester and welcome week at Manchester Met, Bethany Jay (Social Care PhD student and PGR Rep for the Faculty of Health and Education) and Dr Sue Caton…
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The first BSA international Bourdieu Conference: A PhD Student’s Experience
With the help of the Graduate School and Department of Sociology, I was given the opportunity to present my work at the first BSA International Bourdieu Conference hosted in Barcelona. This was a 3-day conference that was filled with…
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Trip to the XI International Congress on Leibniz, Hannover 2023
During the XI International Congress on Leibniz (31 July to 4 August 2023) in Hannover, Germany, I presented a paper called Wicked Problems and the invention of Calculus. Just before the start of the presentation I mentioned to the…
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