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Directions for Physical Activity and Health from the 7th ISPAH 2018 Congress

October 22, 2018 Laura 1 Comment

Last week held the 7th International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH 2018) Congress at the Queen Elizabeth 2nd Conference Centre in…

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Posted in: My PhD Journey, Reflections Filed under: activity tracker, conference, directions, experiences, future, health, ISPAH, physical activity, presentation, research, review, technology

Reflections from ISPAH 2018 Early Career Network Pre-Conference Workshop

October 16, 2018 Laura Leave a comment

Sunday started the 7th Congress for the International Society of Physical Activity and Health with the Early Career Network workshop.…

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Posted in: My PhD Journey, Reflections Filed under: career, conference, development, innovation, ISPAH, journey, PhD, research, student, top tips

Writing Retreat at Gladstone’s Library

October 1, 2018 Laura Leave a comment

I had a wonderful weekend working at Gladstone’s Library. With my two friends (also colleagues) we ventured over to Wales…

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Posted in: My PhD Journey Filed under: journey, library, research, stress, systematic review, writing retreat

Supervising Students for the Nuffield Research Placement

September 25, 2018 Laura Leave a comment

Last week I attended the celebration evening for the Nuffield Research Placement 2018 which I volunteered to help with over…

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Posted in: My PhD Journey Filed under: development, experiences, nuffield, presentation, research, student, supervisor

Dealing with stress and feeling overwhelmed during a PhD

September 18, 2018 Laura 7 Comments

I’ve been extremely quiet on the blog post front recently. Frankly, I’ve just been so busy and overwhelmed that writing…

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Posted in: My PhD Journey, Reflections Filed under: acceptance, guilt, health, journey, mental health, migraine, mindfulness, organisation, PhD, stress, time management, to-do list, top tips

Postgraduate Research Degree Framework at Coventry University

August 21, 2018 Laura Leave a comment

This year I have been involved in the development of the new Postgraduate Research (PGR) Framework at Coventry University for…

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Posted in: My PhD Journey Filed under: coventry university, development, doctoral college, journey, organisation, PhD, research, student, time management

How useful is an activity tracker?

July 18, 2018 Laura Leave a comment

Amid the analysis for my systematic review, I have read a lot about other peoples’ experiences of using mobile phone…

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Posted in: My PhD Journey, My Research, Reflections Filed under: activity tracker, experiences, journey, PhD, step counts, student, systematic review

Coming back from annual leave in Canada

July 11, 2018 Laura Leave a comment

This week’s blog post links really nicely with Rebecca Seymour’s post for the Health and Life Science’s student newsletter at…

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Posted in: My PhD Journey, Reflections Filed under: annual leave, holiday, journey, organisation, PhD, student

10 Reasons Why Twitter is Useful in Academia

June 12, 2018 Laura 1 Comment

As a huge lover of Twitter and the benefits of using Twitter in academia. I decided to share some of…

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Posted in: My PhD Journey Filed under: coventry university, development, networking, PhD, research, student, technology

Being a Senior Research Representative

June 5, 2018 Laura Leave a comment

As well as being a PhD student at Coventry University, I am also a Senior Research Representative for the Faculty…

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Posted in: My PhD Journey, Reflections Filed under: development, journey, networking, organisation, PhD, research

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