You are We and We Are Not Alone
Since launching this project just over a week ago, almost by accident, the single most common response we have received is this: “Thank you for showing me that I am […]
Since launching this project just over a week ago, almost by accident, the single most common response we have received is this: “Thank you for showing me that I am […]
When chronic illness decides to get in on the party that should be your PhD, one’s relationship to time and productivity can be challenging. In this post from Tenure She […]
(Or, Maybe somebody ought to do something about those effing sharks….) Much has been written about science and the Impostor Syndrome by people more eloquent than I. Much less has […]
Not all disabilities are the same. Not all disabilities are considered disabilities. People have different definitions. The medical community itself has varying degrees of disability. There are invisible disabilities, permanent […]
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PhD blues. Second year slump. Impostor syndrome. Thesis depression. Most PhD students will have heard these phrases and used them, jokingly, to…
Developed from an HEFCE-funded project at Newcastle University between 2003-2005, Premia provides masses of useful information for both PhD and other early career researchers with disability or chronic illness and […]
A familiar refrain to the disabled PhD student is that a “PhD is stressful”. This is said as if to point out something the disabled PhD student doesn’t know. Any […]