Doing a PhD with “women’s problems”
Since I was thirteen my education was constantly interrupted by a certain ‘monthly visitor’. I’m now in the second year of my PhD in Modern History and my ‘lady bits’ […]
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Dislocation, Disability & Fieldwork
Last week I had a tension headache for five days, my forehead so tight with holding my body together and overriding my back and hip pain, it was hard to […]
The Adjusted PhD: What Accommodations Work(ed) For You?
Today I initiated conversations with my new institutional home’s Disability Support Services. As a disabled postgraduate researcher returning to PhD study after a previous unsuccessful attempt, I’ve been here before. […]
The headache & heartbreak of doing academia with chronic migraine
I’m a part-time PhD student, with a chronic illness and a family. I have a grant that pays my fees, but everything else I need to live on I must […]
Tell your MP: Cuts to Disabled Student Allowance affect us all (UK)
On 7th April 2014 the UK Government’s Department of Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) announced changes to Disabled Students Allowance. This allowance – also known as the DSA – supports […]
