My time at the BPS Cognitive and Developmental Section Conference 2023
In June 2023, I applied for the £500 Research Support Award available to Manchester Met’s doctoral students. I wanted to be able to attend the BPS Cognitive and Developmental Section Conference in Bristol after applying to present a poster…
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BAAL and Yorkshire, what a combination!
As part of my PhD journey, conferences are always a part of my research as they open up new paths to networking, meeting new academics and exchanging valuable ideas and insights about research. As part of my development, I…
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“Prostate Cancer: The problematic third testicle” and the misunderstandings around it
As it is Movember, an annual event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of men’s health issues, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and male suicide, I would like to take this opportunity to share some of my PhD research. My…
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Exploring Life Beyond!
This is a joint post by Yasmin Chopin, Department of English, and Elifnur Güneş, Department of Nursing, Manchester Metropolitan University. It is difficult to know where to start when summing up our experiences of the conference, ‘Life Beyond the…
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Offsite Creation
Experiencing in different places and transforming perception and concern into artistic practice often brings unexpected research progress. In July 2023, I engaged in a three-week artist-in-residence programme in Barcelona. As an international artist and researcher, I would like to…
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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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How Researching Bisexuality Helped Me Understand Myself
I am a firm believer that the best research comes from both a professional and a personal investment in the material. The journey of my PhD is one that began in childhood. I turned to the media, as so…
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Navigating LGBTQI+ progress: The case of the Marriage Equality Act 2013
As Manchester Pride approaches, I reflect on this year’s celebration of the ten-year anniversary of the Marriage Equality Act 2013 and what this means in terms of broader understandings of LGBTQI+ justice. My research focuses on exploring the spatial…
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Celebrating Manchester Pride Through Poetry
In celebration of Manchester Pride 2023, Phil Harper – a research student based in our Graduate School – share’s poetry they’ve written based on their doctorate which currently looks at care staff’s understanding of the needs of non-binary individuals…
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