PhD students often have to do an original piece of research. This involves designing a research project, doing the research, and then writing about what you’ve learned. There are so many different types of research and methods for doing it, including conducting interviews, surveys, and ethnography.

In this episode, Ebru, Meghan and Seren talk about their experiences of running their own research projects as part of their PhDs. They discuss research methods, ethics, what it feels like to be in ‘the field’, finding participants and analysing the data collected.

In this episode, Ebru, Meghan and Seren talk about their experiences of working on various tasks alongside their PhDs. 

When doing a PhD, working on your project is just one of many activities that take up your time. You might be teaching, submitting papers for journals, reviewing others’ work, or applying to present at conferences. 

In this episode, we discuss how rewarding and challenging these different tasks can be, why they are important, and how PhD researchers are compensated for doing them.

In this episode, join Ebru, Meghan and Seren for a conversation about clothes, manners and etiquette in academia. We talk about the ways we present ourselves as PhD researchers in academic environments, at conferences, when teaching, over email, and on a standard day in the office. We also share some of our more challenging experiences, and talk about how we manage situations when we don’t get the reaction we’re expecting!