I first reached out to Alan Rowan in March 2018 following a discussion with Steven Fallon (who holds the record from having climbed the most Munro rounds to date).  I was interested in Alan’s journey from journalist to moonwalker and in particular, I wanted to understand what key characteristics, which armed Alan with psychological…

Whilst conducting research on my professional doctorate thesis, I had become frustrated at the lack of evidence regarding two of the areas of inquiring I was interested in.  As a result of communicating this frustration with my supervisory team, there was a moment of clarity, which came from my supervisory team that perhaps I needed…

  Undertaking a professional doctorate study is a long and arduous battle against time.  Since January 2016 I have been watching the clock, more intensely than at any other time in my life.  The space inside me for thoughts and tasks of nothingness has diminished significantly, in both design and desire.  Journeying forward into academia…

In March 2018 (20 years on), I returned to Kelvin College, going full circle in my educational journey.  I was successfully co-opted onto the Board of Kelvin College for Audit and Risk.  To serve on the Board has been a very personal ambition, as a former student of this college; my own journey through education…

This message is for all the Cohort 11 #ProfDockers who are on the final week before submission of the PDDM.  Don’t give up or give in, you will do more work this week than in any other week since starting your Professional Doctorate programme.  Sleep when you can, eat if you can and push on through to the…

09/06/2018 – Day 1 – North Mulllardoch Munro’s, first time ever taking a boat into the bottom of a Munro, very thrilling, Angus, (ZZ top look- alike) propelled along the lock, negotiating the ‘narrows’ to get us to our landing. First stop was An Socach, and some faint rumbles of thunder in the distance. A…

Changing career can be a challenge at any time of your life, having skimmed across Thomes (2003), Changing Career paths: from expert to novice.  I began to understand my journey with a little more compassion towards my transformation.  Prior to September 2017, I worked in the private sector within a financial institute for almost 20 years. …

The Learning curve, the action plan post-March supervisory meeting was to produce 6,000 words in two subject areas of my thesis, Psychological Contract, and Psychological Resilience.  I had learned a significant lesson from my last blog post titled “Despondent with Square Shoulders”.  I realised through frustration that I am not going to be able to…

Welcome to the first #ProfDockers support session.  The following PowerPoint presentation was delivered by Eileen O’Neil to professional doctoral students – in cohort 11 on the 2nd of May 2018.  The purpose of the presentation was to support students who are about to embark on their Project Design Development and Management (PDDM) module.  I delivered this…