“Should I stay or should I go?”
Julia Salafranca questions the current dynamics in academia regarding work-life balance.
Tagged: Stress
A Price For Love: Grief And Its Physical Manifestations
Grief has been described as the price we pay for love, when love is defined as commitment to someone or something over a long lasting period of time. Nadia Georgoula explores the potent physical cost of grieving as a social animal in a socially-distanced era.
PhD mental health: From awareness to action
With nearly 1 in 2 postgraduate students experiencing mental health issues during their PhD, Zoë Ayres challenges universities to actively address the rising postgraduate mental health problem.
Postcode Lottery: Is your home neighbourhood affecting how you age?
Recent findings from Glasgow University suggest a biological link between ageing and living in a stressful area. Kirstin investigates.
Mens Sana in Corpore Sano – A Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body
It’s not just about looking cool on social media – practicing yoga poses can shape our brain!
PhD: Please help, Depressed.
Diagnosed with depression at the start of her PhD and with research revealing 1 in 2 PhD students has a mental health condition, Audrey shares her experience and how to access help should you need it.
Stress is Cool
In our first ever documentary, theGIST investigates how researchers at the University of Glasgow are making the science of stress less stressful.
Hitting the Bottle: Stress and Alcohol Craving
Most of us are familiar with the feeling: craving a cold beer after a stressful week at work, or hot-footing it to the bar for a Pimm’s straight after the last exam of the...
