Life at Southampton

There are two PhD types of long day: the good kind and the bad kind. Long days - the bad kind The bad kind of PhD long days are when: Option A:...

It has begun. I’m 30 months into my PhD and the niggling thought that has been a conversation topic for others has become a topic for me...

I am not the biggest sports watcher. I can’t even blame it on not owning a TV, as there is so much sport available via other media these days. And...

Remembrance and consideration As people, as communities, as nations, even as a university, there are events and issues we deem worthy of additional...

At Christmas time, an international student goes home. At Easter time – it’s travel time! University closure versus University term...

Don’t get me wrong. I’ve been an environmentalist, sustainable-ist(?), conservationist in training since … well, perhaps since my parents...

Remember the first day of school? Diving into a new social pool of people and a learning environment you’re not familiar with? Packing my bag...

When I work at my desk in my engineering PhD office, I often wear one of those intense pairs of headphones which blast music in my ears, block out...

Making mistakes is tough. Or at least, I find it really tough! But science, research, university, learning... it's all about mistakes,...

The Christmas lights have been switched on. The family Christmas event has just passed. Undergraduate and postgraduate friends alike are hunkered...