Bumps In The Road Podcast
1) 18. John Billings: a personal story of failure, privilege and ending up in the right place at the end
John Billings is a behavioral economics PhD student at the University of East Anglia. John joined me to share a very personal story about three failures that have occurred during his studies and PhD p...Show More
2) 17. Professor Robert Walker: The importance of seeing research as a process, honest communication and building a network of critical friends
Professor Robert Walker is an Emertius Professor in the School of Education at the University of East Anglia, with a Sociology background that has taken him all over the world. Although we do discuss ...Show More
3) 16. Dr Katherine Collins: Research as a patchwork and other metaphors
Dr Katherine Collins is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow working in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, where she is also a Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Life-Writin...Show More
4) 15. Dr Steve Jones: Making impact in the wrong places, from coma to PhD
Dr Steve Jones is a recently-completed PhD student at the University of East Anglia. A computer scientist by background, Steve completed an interdisciplinary Computer Science and Business PhD in the N...Show More
5) 14. Dr Rosemary Bass: Evaluate what an academic career can give you, as much as what you can give it
Dr Rosemary Bass is a Careers Advisor at the University of East Anglia. Today, Rosemary shares her career story, how she worked her way up the academic ladder and achieved the lectureship she thought ...Show More
6) 13. Kara Langford: self-awareness and doing research that’s fits your values
Kara Langford is a PhD student in the Norwich Business School at the University of East Anglia. Kara shares how she found herself making a massive change to her research direction and meth...Show More
13. Kara Langford: self-awareness and doing research that’s fits your values
1:14:14 | Oct 26th, 2021
7) 12. Dr Ruth Flaherty: The fine line between perseverance and change; giving and receiving feedback; decision making processes…and the importance of making bad jokes
Dr Ruth Flaherty is a lecturer in Law at the University of Suffolk. In this episode, we discuss career changes, making brave choices, realising you don’t want what you thought you always wanted (and w...Show More
8) 11. Dr Anna Sturrock: The importance of mentorship and the highs and lows of going ‘All In’
Dr Anna Sturrock is an Aquatic Ecologist and lLecturer at the University of Essex, Anna is interested in fish ecology, conservation and management. Anna and I cover a whole range of topics in our disc...Show More
9) 10. Dr Tom Greaves. Philosophy of failure: the power and limits of reframing
Dr Tom Greaves is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of East Anglia. As you might expect from that introduction, Tom shares a philosophical view on the broad topic of failure, introducing...Show More
10. Dr Tom Greaves. Philosophy of failure: the power and limits of reframing
1:28:25 | Oct 26th, 2021
10) 9. Emma Thompson: Knowing yourself, advocating for your own needs and experiences of failing PhD probationary review
Emma Thompson is a PhD student at the University of East Anglia. Emma shares an incredibly brave and personal story of her many setbacks/failures within her academic career to date and how she’s come ...Show More