What does it take to achieve a fair balance of women in science? Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2020; a day where we celebrate the inspiring females who have pioneered, are currently working in and aspiring to work in science. But from the off, I want to emphasise how I [...]
We are all aware of the new coronavirus by now. It's all over the news, our news feeds and social media. With the emergence of a new disease there are a lot of unknowns and misinformation being flung around so, this will be a hopefully helpful breakdown about some of the things that we do [...]
Every Sunday over on my Instagram page, I share my weekly tips and tricks for improving your science communication. These can range from tips for public speaking, or using social media as a scientist to getting familiar with theories and evidence in the scicomm and public engagement space such as science capital. Every so often I [...]
In 2019, I got quite good at frequently reflecting on my progress and evaluating what I had coming up so I could manage or whether to ask for help and so on. It helped me A LOT and made my time at work really quite enjoyable. We were celebrating the little wins often and you [...]
I have been writing this blog now for 3 and a half years. I've shared nearly 250 blog posts ranging from my PhD journey, to some fun and the latest science. But now I want to hear from YOU! I have always wanted to use my platform as Soph talks science to give a voice [...]
It is time for another edition of my science travel series because the wanderlust is not going away and my frequent search for flights is not keeping me satisfied right now, even though the countdown to the honeymoon trip is now well and truly on! And as I am heading East for our honeymoon, I [...]
https://www.instagram.com/p/B74HNyCJYC9/ For a long time I have dreamt of this opportunity and now thanks to one of you for nominating me, I have that chance to tick of this huge life dream. I am currently working on the first draft of my talk, and while it is not going to be the most ground-breaking talk [...]
A PhD viva is the culmination of all your years of study and training. It is how you are assessed to see if you are 'worthy' of the Dr title. But it is also a source for a lot of stress for PhD students. No matter how prepared you can be, you will never predict [...]
One of my goals for 2020 is to read more. I need to read more newspapers, magazines, blogs and both fiction and non-fiction books. Why? Well, because I like learning so those will always teach me something new. It will inspire me to come up with new and different content for the blog and social [...]
We have had a little break from Scientist in the Spotlight posts recently. We wrapped up Season 3 back in August, and took a short break from doing them as I got married, moved house, tried to buy a house and thought about how I could make these posts even better - which also took [...]
