Dear Munira 2019 was the year the world finally woke up and did something to prevent the catastrophic destruction of our climate. It’s also the year you decided to fully commit to an academic career by starting your Master’s degree in Astr…
Dear Sesetu… The year is 2050 and you have come a long way since you started your academic journey. In 2018 you enrolled for your PhD degree this was the time you started to think critically about the kind of academic you wanted to become. Since then …
Dear Kim, So, you survived 2019, your first year of PhD! Well done, “future you” is proud! Looking back on your 2019 posts I can’t help but want to give you a hug, there were so many challenges you blogged about that many students related t…
Dear Joyful, The year is 2050 and I am celebrating my 57th birthday. As I sit back to take in the day I have had, a funny thought popped into the mind that reminded me of 2019. It was in 2019 when I was doing my 2nd/3rd year of PhD and also a blogger f…
The year is coming to an end, slowly for some, too fast for others. Time to look back and reflect on what we did, and what we didn’t, on the opportunities we had, the ideas we turned into reality, and those that we postponed or abandoned, on the people…
Museums are some of my favourite spaces, I find myself drawn to them, wherever I go, whether I am on holiday or on a trip for work, I always end up wondering into one. A year ago, the world watched in horror as the Museu Nacional, the largest and old…
by Benita Olivier Associate professor and researcher in the field of musculoskeletal physiotherapy in the Department of Physiotherapy at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Ever heard of the YouTube channel called “Research Masterminds”?…
Over the years I have had to correct so many people who think that people who study physics are physicians or that getting a PhD in physics means that we will all become lecturers or professors. I’m not saying that there is anything wrong with be…
One of the most impactful discoveries in science over the past century is the discovery that the Earth’s climate is changing on a catastrophic scale due to the release of man-made greenhouse gasses. This topic has been on everyone’s mind recently, than…
A few weeks ago I gathered friends and colleagues to create a documentary series about their academic journey. You may ask why? Because at the time the idea was born I was going through financial difficulties which I spoke about in my previous blog. So…
