Category: Reviews

• Superior by Angela Saini: essential reading for every scientist

  

  The death of George Floyd in the United States earlier this year sparked a flurry of long-overdue activity in my corner of academia. For a few weeks in June, everyone was interested in the subject of racism, and for us, racism in academia in particular. An informal strike was held on the 10th of June, […]

  Natalie Hogg

  December 4, 2020

  Academia, PhD, Reviews

  Academia, anti-racism, PhD, racism, Science, superior

• Keeping a lab diary as a theorist

  

  Making a daily log of my thoughts and things I tried saved the final year of my PhD.

  Natalie Hogg

  August 28, 2020

  Academia, PhD, Reviews

  lab diary, notion, organisation, PhD, productivity, student, time management, to do, work diary

• Show time: Madrid week eight

  

  On Friday last week I boarded a late morning flight from Madrid to London. Three hours later I was speeding south on the familiar train from Waterloo, looking forward to my long weekend in Portsmouth. The main purpose of my trip was to see the annual University of Portsmouth Dramatic and Musical Society (DMS) show. […]

  Natalie Hogg

  March 4, 2020

  PhD, Reviews, Travel

  lta, madrid, offenbach, orchestra, orpheus, PhD, study abroad, two show day