Question: Have you always enjoyed your job or would you ever think of changing job?

Laura Hemming answered on 27 Jun 2018:

When I first started my PhD I found things a bit tough – I’d just moved to a new city, and felt a bit overwhelmed at the pressures of PhD life. I ended up having about a month away from the PhD where I did consider whether it was the right thing for me or not. However, fortunately, my supervisors were very supportive of me during this time and gave me lots of opportunities to discuss the things that were concerning me. We were able to work out ways of solving some of the issues that I faced which meant that I was able to continue with the PhD, and in all honesty I haven’t looked back since – I now really enjoy it and am really glad that I decided to stick it out.