This is a guest post by Rhyd Lewis, Reader in Mathematics, Cardiff University. Some time ago I was asked to edit a special issue of
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Category: Bad bits of science
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Why is the current BLM movement important for all minority groups?
Manny Singh (LinkedIn: ) is a B.Sc. (Hons) Computer Science student. Having returned to higher education after almost two decades of travelling, working, and the
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When to give up
This is an anonymous article from a PhD student at a UK University. Doing a PhD is rarely a linear process. The people who finish
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Spending your own money on work
I was in a car with some friends a few weeks ago and found out that one of them had spent their own money on
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Two Faces of the Same Coin – How We Combated Burn-Out
About the authors Cristina Balaban (Twitter: @cristina_blbn) is an MSci Geography graduate at Durham University. Born and raised in the mountain foothills of Romania, she
I can’t get no sleep
Sleeping has never been my superpower. Unlike the Faithless song, though, I don’t generally spend my insomniac hours tearing off tights with my teeth –