North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership
Viva Survivor – One Student’s Experience of Completing her PhD
Eloise Symonds, Educational Research, Lancaster University, 2017 Cohort.
When I first started my PhD, the word ‘Viva’ would send chills down my spine; it sounded terrifying. I never thought I would be in a position to defend my work against two experts in the field.
Entrepreneuring and Emancipation in At-Risk Social Groups
Lee Wainwright, Business and Management, University of Liverpool, 2019 Cohort
After being a struggling entrepreneur myself, I have a strong passion for applying entrepreneurism into settings outside of the privileged, well connected, ‘suited and booted’ stereotypes it’s normally associated with, and in particular in the application of entrepreneuring (the doing of entrepreneurial activities) to disadvantaged groups, and those we might consider as ‘at-risk’ of falling out of society’s support and favour.
Attending The Middle East and Central Asia Music Forum 2019
Fiona Potter, Social Anthropology, University of Manchester, 2019 Cohort
At the end of November, I took myself down to London to attend the Middle East and Central Asia Music Forum hosted at Birkbeck College. One of my supervisors, Caroline Bithell, had told me about it earlier on in the semester but what with it being just a few months into the extremely hectic first semester of PhD life, and what with me having nothing to present, and what with my inability to afford the train tickets, I’d written it off and put it on the hallowed “Maybe After Fieldwork” list. When I found out that the NWSSDTP would be able to cover the costs of my attendance, however, my excuses dissolved and I began looking forward to it.
Pause with Purpose with Will Medd
Oliver Kennedy, Business and Management, University of Liverpool, 2019 Cohort
‘Working with Will taught me how not just to pause, but to pause effectively to refill the tank and orientate for the next task’.
This one day workshop was designed to enable participants to ‘Take stock, let go and imagine what’s possible’. Through a wonderful range of activities the day invited participants to step back, take stock, experience alternative perspectives, explore common challenges and identify a clearer sense of the way ahead.
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