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 […]
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Pursuing a PhD and Battling an ‘Invisible Disability’
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 […]
Premia: An Online Resource for Disabled PhD Students
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 […]
