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When I accepted my first academic job as an assistant professor of criminology, I packed up my home and left my friends and family to begin a new chapter of my life 250 miles away. The new…
- Sarah Daly
- February 2, 2021
2020 has brought with it many, many challenges, draining away my passion for my work. So, I decided to back track, and go right back to why I fell in love with the ocean in the first place and why…
- Nicole Rianne Foster
- October 27, 2020
The internet is full of advice—maintaining physical and mental health; homeschooling; reading, watching, listening lists; connecting while social distancing; creating timetables for family…
- Agnes Bosanquet
- September 28, 2020
But then my way of life was disrupted abruptly and terribly — I suffered a stroke while I was at home, eagerly waiting to start my PhD in the US.
- Nitibhat Homla-or
- August 10, 2020
My advice to anybody who is feeling depressed in their research journey is to try as much as possible to look for a mentor, even among friends…
- francis fagbule
- June 25, 2020
I was happy and ready to take on the world. Little did I know the year ahead would have the biggest professional hurdle of my life.
- Penny Keogh
- June 17, 2020
I always wanted to be sure I would always have something to fall back on. With my structures of certainty, I could do anything. That was, until I lost just about everything.
- Stefani Ruper
- June 5, 2020
Whilst in some ways I feel I have adjusted a little too well to lockdown life, other aspects are very difficult to get used to. For instance, the passage of time.
- Shruti Turner
- May 29, 2020
Because I was experiencing mild flu-like symptoms, I started self-isolating 2 weeks before official restrictions were introduced. My…
- Natasa Lazarevic
- April 27, 2020
In the meantime, life had of course not stopped elsewhere. My landlord back in Nigeria persistently messaged to inform me that he had sold the building where I was…
- Raheem Salako
- April 27, 2020