A Bear Grylls* Guide to Hartley Library
*It’s me, I’m Bear Grylls (of Hartley Library). Admittedly, I didn’t make much use of the library during my first two years in Southampton....
Tackling stress 101
Happy heatwave everyone! I hope you’ve all been enjoying the sun as much as I have these last few days. It’s been a rather good excuse to ease up...
It’s over, it’s done
Well, here it is. 1264 days later. As you can probably tell by my excitement, or if you follow my Instagram Stories, I’ve handed in my...
An injection of my dissertation
Well wha’do’we have here then? Simply a few interesting nuggets that I’ve dug up on my pilgrimage through the dissertation desert. Social...
Crab claws and coffee crawls | Semester Abroad 2
My Easter break this year is going a little differently to my last: instead of enjoying my semester abroad in Adelaide, I’m currently sat on Level...
University Open Days for Beginners – a fool-proof guide
How are we all doing? March was a rather odd month: we had sunshine, then we were hit by the unexpected and unwanted Beast from the East, and Easter...
Where do PhD students live?
The answer to that question is a mystery to me too. As a resident PhD student, I rarely see others of my kind. We are a rare creature. To make us...
Women in science
Well, haven't we had a good run of celebrating women so far this month?! We had International Women’s Day on the 8th March, alongside the...
Spring-a-ling-a-ding, I hope that you are h-i-r-ing
“GET YOUR JOBS HERE! That’s right…HOT, STEAMY EMPLOYMENT!” I was expecting these kinds of cockney projections at the Careers Fair last...
The ‘F’ word
In light of International Women’s Day last week, it was only right that I dedicated a post to my favourite f-word: feminism. Source:...