Working long hours (and making a full English breakfast in eight minutes) has proved invaluable to my political science researchI found out that my PhD application had been successful during a typical day in the pub kitchen I had started at 5.30am,cleaning litres of grease off the oven filters. What was meant to be temporary work to support my master’s degree had become a full-time job, and in five years I had moved from being a kitchen porter to a shift leader and stand-in manager. Related: My PhD takes me into a world of space molecules and alien fart jokes Continue reading...
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