Crossing the finish line: Parallels between PhD and running
I’m (please please) very close to finishing my PhD. I’m also a runner, borne partly out of a need to
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Barriers to participating in the research community post-PhD
By the end of the summer I will finally, after many flights, bus rides, moves, milestones, and hour upon hour
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Positive thoughts for a New Year
Happy New Year, Clutter readers! So somehow, another 365 days have passed since 2017. Well technically the start of 2017
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Clutter 2017 round-up: The guest posts
In February this year, Clutter lept onto the web with all eight legs. Since then, we’ve featured blog posts from 10 lovely guests, on wide-ranging topics all the from troublesome fellowship applications to science tabletop gaming.
Below is a round-up of this year’s fantastic guest posts. But we would love to have more for next year! Would you like to write for us in 2018? Please get in touch – we’d love to hear from you!
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Thesising at Christmas
December is now well and truly upon us, which means that we are bombarded with twinkly trees, chocolate overdoses and
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It’s all fun and games until someone learns something
As a Senior Lecturer in Science Communication, my research is primarily concerned with helping to develop dialogue between experts and
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Thesis vs. employment: A tale of beans
Whilst doing a PhD occupies an almost definite and unrelenting full-time amount of headspace, it doesn’t necessarily have to take
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The Fellowship Fallacy
Research fellowships are often touted by institutions and funders as THE NEXT BIG STEP for postdocs by tempting fledgling researchers
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10 reasons working from home with a doggy companion is amazing
Working from home can be a lonely experience and working from home on a PhD thesis is an even lonelier
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Is Sulfur the “Bad Boy” of the Periodic Table?
Most of us are well aware of Mendeleev’s version of the periodic table and perhaps no modern day scientist would
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