Research is amazing. I love it. Which is a good thing because I'm kind of hoping to base my entire career around it. As a Human Geographer, most of my methods are qualitative. And since finishing my stats module...  ALL my methods will be qualitative from now on (Pearson Correlation Coefficient be GONE). That means … Continue reading “That girl with the tits”- What the books DON’T tell you about research →

In September/early October I really did feel like I'd been thrown in at the deep end- and I couldn't swim. Imposter syndrome is an understatement. I had a million questions- and not deep, thought provoking ones: Who is Foucault and why is he referred to in every paper? What is an assemblage? What is materiality? … Continue reading Floating on a rubber ring in the deep end →

One of the ideas that I've been learning about on my course is the idea of "things" having agency. Things that are not human. It could be an animal, it could be a pill, it could be a hearing aid. I've been thinking about this idea of "thing" agency, or as Jane Bennet says- "thing … Continue reading Woman vs Coil: Agency of a “thing” →

Queen Ari gets it. Where I've had a year out of academia (I trained to be a teacher last year), I'd forgotten how exhausting deadlines get. They never come on their own- they always arrive in packs. November for me consists of juggling 2 stats deadlines (one of which still makes no sense to me), … Continue reading Just keep breathin’ and breathin’ and breathin’ and breathin’ →

One of the promises I made to myself when I started this course was that I would have enough time off. Then I got set the readings required for each lecture. And the assignment briefs. And had meetings to go to. And training sessions for my role as course rep. And trying to familiarise myself … Continue reading Taking Time Off →

Well the good news is I survived. I had 4 lectures/seminars (one for each module I do this semester). I had one lecture on quantitative analysis which although it wasn't as terrifying as anticipated, is still quantitative analysis so I won't bore you with any more details of that. My seminars however were very exciting, … Continue reading My first week as a Masters Student →

Masters programmes are expensive. At least a few thousand pounds- and thats on the cheaper end of things.   Be rich Or save up. Funding your masters yourself relieves you of any increased debt and you don't have to worry about competing for the money of sustaining any conditions in order to maintain your funding. … Continue reading How do you pay for your masters? →

I have officially become a grumpy old woman. My first night in my new room and I am sending frustrated texts to my best friend (who was in the room next door and is also starting postgraduate life with me) about the loud, singing freshers keeping me up. It was 10:30 pm. You see, I've … Continue reading Surviving Freshers as a Postgraduate →

Growing up, there were three things I wanted to be: the next Rachel Stevens, a doctor and a teacher. At 8 years old, my teacher Kindly asked if  I would consider singing a little bit quieter in assembly, thus ending my dreams of becoming Rachel. I’d also gone off the colour purple by then so … Continue reading How I landed my dream career →

Thanks for joining me! Just a quick introduction. My name is Harriet and I am a postgraduate student beginning her masters in Human Geography. I am planning on going on to do a PhD after this (assuming I do well in my masters!) and then pursue a career in academia. This blog will serve as … Continue reading Welcome to my blog →