A day in the life’ – Bozena Wielgoszewska
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2025 5:45 am
We’ve asked our #DataImpactFellows to share a day in their life.
Here, Bozena Wielgoszewska talks us through a day she will never forget: the day of her PhD viva.
“Beep, beep, beep” goes the alarm clock. I am not a morning person – it usually takes me a few minutes to remember who I am, what day it is, and what is on my agenda for the day.
24th October 2018 was different. It was usa rcs data the day of my viva voce examination, and I was to sit in front of two established and experienced academics and respond to their questions and concerns about the work I conducted during my PhD.
I was up straightaway, firmly grounded on my feet, ready for action. I was slightly achy, as I had attended two yoga classes the day before to stop my brain from going through every possible hypothetical scenario of what might happen. I was trying to stop impostor syndrome from kicking in, as I knew from experience nothing good ever comes of it. I went to shower.
At the time, I was already living in London, and working at the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, so I took a few days off work to travel to Edinburgh for my viva.
Here, Bozena Wielgoszewska talks us through a day she will never forget: the day of her PhD viva.
“Beep, beep, beep” goes the alarm clock. I am not a morning person – it usually takes me a few minutes to remember who I am, what day it is, and what is on my agenda for the day.
24th October 2018 was different. It was usa rcs data the day of my viva voce examination, and I was to sit in front of two established and experienced academics and respond to their questions and concerns about the work I conducted during my PhD.
I was up straightaway, firmly grounded on my feet, ready for action. I was slightly achy, as I had attended two yoga classes the day before to stop my brain from going through every possible hypothetical scenario of what might happen. I was trying to stop impostor syndrome from kicking in, as I knew from experience nothing good ever comes of it. I went to shower.
At the time, I was already living in London, and working at the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, so I took a few days off work to travel to Edinburgh for my viva.