The Academinist

The Cost of PhDing: Part One with Sophie Langdon

July 01, 2022 The Academinist Season 1 Episode 24
The Academinist
The Cost of PhDing: Part One with Sophie Langdon
Show Notes

This month Jodi’s broadcasting from her duvet and Rebecca’s got a thesis in the oven. We’re also joined by Sophie Langdon, Cancer Research UK PhD student, to chat about ‘The Cost of PhDing’. This is an honest, open conversation sharing experiences and discussing the challenges of financial stress and living on a PhD stipend during a cost of living crisis. Sophie also dishes the dirt on both sides of the academia/industry divide, sharing her perspective of returning to academia for a PhD.

Sign the ‘Postgraduate Researchers Against Low Pay’ open letter to the UKRI. It takes 1 minute and is an easy action you can take relating to the discussion in this episode! There’s also an option to anonymously sign. 

Sign the letter: bit.ly/UKRIStipends

Follow Sophie on Twitter: @Sophie_Langdon6

Check out ‘I’m a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here!’: https://imascientist.org.uk/ 

Want to be a guest on The Academinist?:  https://linktr.ee/theacademinist

Follow us: @theacademinist (Twitter & Instagram), or write to us at theacademinist@gmail.com.

Recorded: 6th June and 27th June 2022 (recorded remotely via Zoom). 

Released: 1st July 2022

Hosts: Rebecca Casterton, Jodi Barnard

Producer & Editor: Rebecca Casterton. 

Music: Right Place, Right Time | Silent Partner (YouTube Audio Library).