Graduation day, and the end of a chapter and the beginning of a new one. My doctoral thesis: In the decade prior to the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2008, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) aspired to become the largest bank in the world, and, for a short period in 2008, it achieved this…

The following article was written during Covid-19. Due to access issues, internet poverty, and an increased demand from other members of my family to access the home computer. I decided to reduce and remove myself from any unnecessary usage to free up connectivity at home. Therefore, this post is retrospective of a time now past….

I would like to take this opportunity to formally thank and acknowledge all those who participated within my professional doctorate.  Their contribution helped me to remain focused and retain momentum during turbulent times. My doctoral journey like most other journeys in the past 24 months has been delayed due to Covid-19.  However, I am extremely…

In October 2020, I was invited to take part in the Inaugural Professional Doctorate Symposium. The invitation came with a profound sense of worth and acknowledgement of my achievements over the past four, almost five years on the professional doctorate programme. To be invited to join my fellow PhD and Professional Doctorate students on this…

Recently I was asked to contribute to the West Central Europe Being Marist Newsletter, the below article was published at the end of May 2020 on my reflections of the Covid-v19 pandemic and my awareness of impact and change. Our daily normal has been changed significantly in the past few months, the arrival of the…

The third year of the Professional Doctorate programme (ProfDoc) has demanded discipline daily throughout 2019. The love and support of my family and friends have become more remote and for those who are close to me, they have developed a thick skin. I have extracted myself more and more from normality and civilisation in general….

Professional Doctorate Society Podcast – 17th December 2019 By Eileen O’Neil, Doctoral Student at Glasgow Caledonian University. An invitation was extended to Grace Poulter and Dr. Keith Halcro to join me in an interview podcast to explore an insider’s view of the Professional Doctorate Programme at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU).  The following link will take…

In December 2018, the winter solstice to be precise, I climbed Ben Hope with Alan Rowan, an all-round adventurer, and hill walker. Alan is also an author and has had several books published on walking the Scottish mountains by moonlight. My lunar experience was one of the most incredible things I have ever done. The…

16th, 17th, and 18th of January 2019 The anticipation of my second professional doctorate student conference was very different from my first.  2018 had presented some extraordinary physical and psychological challenges, and on reflection, I had thought I would have been further forward in my thesis writing than I actually was. I had, created 10,000 words…