The Cost of PhDing: Part One with Sophie Langdon

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.

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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).

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Recorded: 14th March 2024 & 26th August 2024
Released: 30th August 2024
Hosts: Rebecca Casterton, Jodi Barnard
Producer & Editor: Rebecca Casterton
Music: Right Place, Right Time | Silent Partner (YouTube Audio Library)