Tag: STEMinist

• Beth talks blood: Part 1

  What is blood?Blood is actually a tissue, its made up of a variety of different cells with different purposes! It’s a very important bodily fluid in humans and other animals that deliverers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells and transports metabolic waste products away from those cells [1-2]. Blood is essential…

  Beth Webb

  October 16, 2020

  Science

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• Tinnitus Tuesdays: ‘Zoom Fatigue’

  It’s week 8 of lockdown here in the UK and that’s meant that a lot of us are working from home and now more than ever we are using video calling for pretty much everything. While video calling is a great use of tech and allows us to see those we cannot physically be with,…

  Beth Webb

  May 26, 2020

  Life, tinnitus

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• Why I’m doing a PhD in cardiovascular disease…

  What is a PhD? A PhD (doctorate of philosophy) is a postgraduate doctoral degree, which is awarded to students who complete an original thesis offering a significant new contribution to the knowledge of their field. In the UK, a PhD project is typically 3-4 years full time and 5-7 years part-time. A PhD project is quite…

  Beth Webb

  May 18, 2020

  Life, Science

  Academic chatter, Academic life, anxiety, BHF, Biology, blog, blogging, bloglife, cardiovascular disease, Life, motivation, passion, PhD, PhD life, Positivity, post grad research, post graduate student, research, Scicomm, Science, STEM, STEMinist, Student, Women in science, Women in STEM, writing