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How to survive a PhD while pregnant!

April 8, 2019 by Hayley 3 Comments

This post was last updated on April 20th, 2019 at 11:59 amCan I complete my PhD while pregnant? This is a question that many people will ask themselves as the years of research start to drag on. What might have started out as a 3 year project may well have turned into 4, 5 or […]

How you can write your PhD faster

February 4, 2019 by Hayley 7 Comments

This post was last updated on March 31st, 2019 at 01:05 pmCommitting to a PhD is a big decision. As I wrote in this post, there are reasons for and against doing a PhD, all of which need careful consideration. According to The Times Higher, around a fifth of PhD candidates never qualify for the […]

PhD and Pregnant: The Race Against Biology

January 22, 2017 by Hayley 34 Comments

This post was last updated on July 20th, 2018 at 02:27 amI am thrilled to announce that this week I successfully passed my PhD viva with only (very) minor amendments! It seems only yesterday that I was writing my proposal and now I can amend my CV and Linkedin profile to say DR HAYLEY STAINTON! […]

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Lifeasabutterfly

8 hours ago

When I was 21 I volunteered to help poor children in the outskirts of Buenos Aires. Or so I thought. In reality, I could see I wasn't really helping anyone. If anything I was encouraging unequal power relations between the poor Argentinians and the the volunteers. I was encouraging Western imperialism. That's when I knew the volunteer tourism industry that I had invisaged, wasn't the reality. ... See MoreSee Less

A definition of volunteer tourism: What is it and where does it fit in the broad tourism industry?

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Volunteer tourism is a form of travel that has become increasingly popular in modern society

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Lifeasabutterfly

1 day ago

We should be at Kuala Lumpa airport right now on our way back to China. Instead, we seem to have embarked on an impromptu digital nomadic life.... this Coronavirus stuff is scary, really scary. I won’t put my baby girls on the front line. They are my world and I will protect them with all I have. For now, that means staying away from China. Right now we are still recovering from flu on the beautiful Langkawi Island (not that we have seen much of it- more in my stories). Next, we plan to travel north into Thailand stopping first for a couple of days on Koh Lipe and then finding a suitable work-from-home accommodation on Koh Lanta. #coronavirus #expatfamily #expatinchina #hangzhouexpat #digitalnomad #familytravelblogger #wuhanvirus #stayingawayfromchina #prayforwuhan ... See MoreSee Less

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Lifeasabutterfly

2 days ago

This is China, the place that we have called our home for the past few months. This is where Isla became the confident little girl that she now is. This is where baby Saya has spent more than half of her life. This is the place that we have made our home. I am very sad to see the panic amongst fellow expats and locals who live there right now. I am fearful that the economy will crash. I am worried that more people will get sick. This is a sad time. Fortunately, we were not in the country when news broke of the new Coronavirus broke. We were in Malaysia. Even here many people are wearing masks. People cross the street if they see a Chinese person walking towards them and people have a look of panic on their faces when we tell them that we live in China. This is not a time to ostracise people. This is a time to team together and to beat this virus. Today has been marked as the deadliest day for the virus. It’s scary, yes. BUT please don’t believe everything that you read, because there are many fake facts being shared around social media etc. There are almost 10,000 cases of the virus that have been identified now, predominantly in China. There are 65 cases reported in our home, Hangzhou. My heart goes out to those who are stuck in Wuhan and other areas with limited healthcare facilities and supplies. China, we love you, but we cannot bring our babies back until it is safe. For now, we will be working from home in Malaysia. For all those in China now, stay safe xxx #china #coronavirus #wuhanvirus #wuhancoronavirus #staysafeeveryone #prayforwuhan #expatinchina #hangzhouexpatlife ... See MoreSee Less

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