Pre-panel review: 9 outlines, 27 proposal drafts and 4 mock presentations!

Pre-panel review: 9 outlines, 27 proposal drafts and 4 mock presentations! I have talked to many PhD students who passed their panel reviews and everybody said ‘You’ll be fine’. Deep down in my heart I know that I will, but all the nerves and worries I have don’t seem to go away. It’s my nature, I think, to be worried […]

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First – and last (!) Annual Review

I have just had my first Annual Review in the new format with Dr Juup Stelma in the hot seat as independent reviewer, and found it an overwhelmingly positive and thought-provoking process. I was honest about the issues with which I am struggling and the tensions between the framework in which I am working – feminist relational ethics – and […]

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A Scaffold towards the Clarity of Ideas: Reflections on the First Year Annual Review

Before the Annual Review, I had a mixed of feeling: nervous, curious, worried and excited. Although I already had some information in hand about what happened in my colleagues’ AR, preparing for mine was still quite daunting. “Have I prepared enough? What questions will the reviewer ask? Will I be able to answer the questions? Have I had enough knowledge […]

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