Kaitlyn McCaw: My Research Story
Dr Teri: My Research Story
Throughout the month of June, we’re hosting a multidisciplinary celebration of postgraduate research at Queen’s, aiming to promote inclusivity and collaboration in the work of our researchers. Researchers at all stages, from all places are invited to join us for this Celebration of Research Culture. We’re asking some of our postgraduate research students to tell us a bit about their research and how they hope it will make an impact on the world around them.
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Throughout the month of June, we’re hosting a multidisciplinary celebration of postgraduate research at Queen’s, aiming to promote inclusivity and collaboration in the work of our researchers. Researchers at all stages, from all places are invited to join us for this Celebration of Research Culture. We’re asking some of our postgraduate research students to tell us a bit about their research and how they hope it will make an impact on the world around them.
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Postgraduate Community Assistant and Juris Doctor Kaitlyn McCaw gives her best gift ideas to help you give the perfect ‘pick me up’ to your friends and family.
I don’t know about you, but I just love giving gifts. Especially during a time as testing as the Covid-19 pandemic, it is nice to give the people we care about some ‘wee pick me ups’! I have compiled this list of ideas to give you inspiration.
Continue reading “Gift Ideas for students”Why you should join the Postgraduate Book Club & Book Review of ‘Anxious People’
Community Assistant Katie Goldsmith who leads our Postgraduate Book Club tells us about its benefits, and reviews the latest book they have been reading…
Every Tuesday from 5pm – 6:30pm, the Postgraduate Book Club at QUB gets together (virtually for now) to discuss a book that we’ve all spent the past week reading. We’re all PG students from a wide variety of disciplines and even cultural backgrounds, and the virtual environment allows students to take part even if they are not physically in Belfast at the moment.
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Do you ever wonder how important sleep is for our mental health? Postgraduate Community Assistant, Daniel Magennis, reviews his favourite book, ‘Why We Sleep’ by Matthew Walker.
Sleep is one of the first things we sacrifice when assignments pile up or deadlines approach. Being reasonable people, however, we bargain with ourselves; once this (and that) is done, we will finally rest and catch up on missed sleep. Unfortunately, our time asleep is not a resource that can be managed in this way. As students we should be especially concerned with the damage caused by a lack of sleep. The damage is both mental and physical, short and long term.
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