Upon starting my project I had to decide what my first steps would be. I had many papers to read and masses of code to understand before I could begin to add my own touches which was a daunting task. I felt that in…
Little did I know when I applied for the 2018 Laidlaw Programme that this internship would completely challenge my perception of literature as a discipline, of myself, and even of my own country. Thanks to the…
We’ve all had experiences in life where we have piles upon piles of tasks expected of us. If you’re like me, you would have written them all down in a to-do list. Maybe you like to colour code and prioritise, or…
For the second leg of my Laidlaw adventure, I wanted to challenge myself and try something new. My first summer on the programme was fascinating and highly rewarding, but I felt that with it I had reached a satisfying…
Coming to the end of my Laidlaw research project, it struck me how much I have learnt and experienced in these two summers. I spent last summer reading works from writers in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan in the 1950s –…
Knowing that I would have to completely immerse myself in a topic for 10 weeks, I wanted to choose a research project that I would truly enjoy pursuing. With none of the pre-defined project titles particularly catching…
Dear Laidlaw scholars, I hope your research is going well! This summer and last, I have joined the Shuker laboratory in investigating a mutant strain of Lygaeus simulans (a species of seed bug). This mutation is of…
I have come to the end of my Laidlaw research, and it occurs to me just how much I have enjoyed the programme, and gained so much more from it than I could have hoped. When I started this project, I set myself the task…
Through the generosity of the St Andrews Laidlaw program I have been privileged to, over the past 5 weeks, complete the Pāli Level 1 Online course provided by the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies (OCBS). This post…
After five intense weeks of research, I am now in Jomo Kenyatta Airport in Kenya, waiting for my flight back home. My first summer research on elite secondary education in Kenya just finished. I am now leaving Kenya,…
