Being a student obviously has many ups and downs; studying is emotionally and physically draining but meeting new people and learning about something is incredibly rewarding! Why then, in this tumultuous time, are students taken advantage of? I'm referring to that demon that is student housing. As inexperienced renters, I'm amazed at how this lack … Continue reading Stand up for Students
It seems fitting that my 70th post marks a bit of a change on this blog. You may have noticed the change in name and the snazzy new domain name that came with actually paying for my WordPress site! I’ve been putting it off for a while but I finally convinced myself that just getting … Continue reading In My Stride
If you follow any of my social media, you will probably have seen that I met Sir David Attenborough recently! It’s true to say that something like this doesn’t just happen spontaneously; awarding Sir David Attenborough an honorary fellowship to SfAM has to be done in style and it's unbelievable how much preparation the staff … Continue reading That Time I Met Sir David Attenborough
I think most of my life I've shyed away from leadership while secretly thinking that I could have done it better! Isn't that something we all do though; being unwilling to take the plunge as a leader but making attempts to take over all the same? There's an initiative that I've seen on social media … Continue reading Becoming Vice Chair
Whenever I receive feedback on my university work, I have mixed emotions. I’m excited about seeing how well I’ve done but nervous about how much I have to fix to make it presentable for submission. My MSc supervisor is amazing; she gets back to me with lightning speed and gives me really thorough feedback and … Continue reading The Feedback Loop
Blogtober Day 5 - Continuing my post about doing my MSc Sci Comm project On the morning of the Festival of Nature I was ready; I had spent an hour the night before cutting up sticky stars for voting on the photos and was equipped with my public engagement skills to interest people in my … Continue reading Capturing Nature and the Adult Imgination Part 2
Blogtober Day 3 - Reflecting on the start of my MSc Science Communication project Amongst other things this summer, I’ve been completing my MSc Science Communication research project. I think I may have mentioned it a few times, but apart from a brief update at the start of my project, I’ve never explicitly said what … Continue reading Capturing Nature and the Adult Imagination Part 1
This summer I've been making the transition from being a muddled student at university to being a muddled adult and trying to figure out what happens after I finish my masters! I'm not handing in my project until mid November so I have a bit of time to figure out what interests me most which … Continue reading Sizzling Summer
While reading this blog post you might want to listen to the song New Rules by Dua Lipa if you haven’t heard it too many times already! It might just get you into the sassy new start mood that I’m trying to convey. When something bad happen, a lot of people aim to change something … Continue reading New Rules
Last week I started collecting data for my project. This was unlike any data collection I have ever done before; no longer am I counting colonies on a plate or counting how many antibiotics my E. coli isolates are resistant to and PCR seems like a distant memory! In Science Communication research, it seems that … Continue reading In the Name of Research
