By May Nasrawy, CIRCY doctoral researcher I want to share some of my writing reflections which draw on my doctoral experience, and particularly the final year of the writing of my thesis. Writing wasn’t quite the terrifying experience I’d feared when I began my doctoral journey, having heard some of my former PhD peers talking … Continue reading ‘Pulling It All Together: One PhD CIRCY researcher reflects on writing the last stages of her PhD during the COVID Pandemic’
A couple of summers ago a colleague mentioned that she’d been to the Summer Institute in Qualitative Research at MMU and had found it hugely stimulating. I remember at the time regretting that I had not been sharper in making time to go. So when a couple of colleagues mentioned that they’d signed up this … Continue reading We’re All Going To MMU…
Brilliant summary of what was an engaging and insightful discussion. It was so interesting to see how people from many disciplines, researching a variety of topics, were all able to draw on and relate this article to their own experiences, academic, personal and professional. I know many of us involved in the discussion wish it … Continue reading Second reading group in Brighton and Hyderabad
By Ruth Ponsford Ruth is a Research Fellow at the School for Public Health Research @ LSHTM and is a guest lecturer on the MACYS course. She completed her PhD at the Open University under the supervision of Rachel Thomson and Mary Jane Kehily Having fairly recently completed my PhD and looking for opportunities to … Continue reading Notes on teaching the Brilliant
By Sarah Goldsmith I started the MACYS course in September, after many years working as a playworker in after school clubs and holiday clubs as well as delivering playwork training. The MACYS course enabled me to think differently about various aspects of childhood across a range of disciplines, which has in turn allowed me look … Continue reading A jouney to a PhD Studentship
Wonderful to be at Winter Graduation today and to congratulate 2 MACYS students (Jessica and Arlie) receiving their Masters degrees, two MSc Social Research Methods students (Elsie and Louise) and 3 PhD students (Rebecca, Claire and Denise) all linked to CIRCY. Many others couldn’t be there in person because of work or because they are … Continue reading Winter Graduation
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