Polly Thompson

Operations officer @NatureScot. I have also completed a PhD @GeoSciencesEd looking at environmental records held within volcanic ash layers in Iceland.

[Polly Thompson @PollyThompson94]

📣 New paper out!! 📣 The influence of burial rate on variability in tephra thickness and grain size distribution in Iceland #Catena open access: https://t.co/jA1fDxrNMK @e3dtp @GeosciencesEd @EdinLandSurf @rtstreeter

[Grant Moir @cairngormsCEO]

Was a privilege to take part in the release of the first beavers into the #Cairngorms #NationalPark. Restoring nature is a key priority for @cairngormsnews. Thanks to everyone that has helped to make this happen.

[NatureScot @NatureScot]

This #ScotClimateWeek we’re encouraging you to talk about #climatechange with friends, family and colleagues. We hope #nature will be a part of your conversations. Not sure where to start? Learn what you can do to help climate: https://t.co/12ydbI2Lxe #ClimateNeedsNature

[Polly Thompson @PollyThompson94]

Graduation yesterday was a wonderful end to my time @GeosciencesEd. Pictured are the world’s best supervisors! 🌋🧡

[E4 Doctoral Training Partnership @e3dtp]

📢Alumni voice: "A PhD is all about learning new things and developing a lot of transferrable skills". Thanks @PollyThompson94 for sharing her PhD experience🌋 Read her alumni profile: https://t.co/ISYAwSY1HG @UoE_Doc @GeosciencesEd @NaturalEngland @nature_scot @NERCscience

[Polly Thompson @PollyThompson94]

@LizzieTelford Congrats Lizzie 🎉

[Polly Thompson @PollyThompson94]

🌋❤️💁🏻‍♀️

[Polly Thompson @PollyThompson94]

Last day ☹️. Headed up Teide Volcano after this!

[Polly Thompson @PollyThompson94]

Epic day!

[Polly Thompson @PollyThompson94]

One week and two successful viva’s @GeosciencesEd! Thank you to my examiners @GraemeSwindles and @HeinAndy for making my viva really enjoyable and for listening to me talk about tephra for hours 🌋

[Polly Thompson @PollyThompson94]

@mickymicky06s @GeosciencesEd @e3dtp @EdinLandSurf My flat is being painted and the painters arrived at 8am 😂😂

[Polly Thompson @PollyThompson94]

Finally submitted my PhD thesis yesterday!! 🌋🎉 10 and a bit years since I first arrived @GeosciencesEd to study geography…end of an era! @e3dtp @EdinLandSurf

[Stuart Gilfillan @stugilfillan]

New day, new @EdinburghUni @BBCNews People and Money story

Warnings from all levels of the University fell on deaf ears of the Senior Leadership team

Unfortunately, it is the PhD students, those who can least afford it, who are being most affected
https://t.co/m9bPeNm5uM

[The PhD Place @ThePhDPlace]

What doing a PhD is really like https://t.co/P9mWTXBqRe

[The PhD Place @ThePhDPlace]

‘What is it like being a PhD student?’ https://t.co/UadiimgRse

[Dr Emily Lethbridge @DrELethbridge]

Iceland at its very best. Fabulous day up on the eastern side of Sólheimajökull with @GeosciencesEd @gretahwells @PollyThompson94 @SHarrison6 @EdinGlaciology

[Polly Thompson @PollyThompson94]

@sharrison16 @gretahwells

[Polly Thompson @PollyThompson94]

Great start to the @GeosciencesEd 4th year physical geography field trip to #Iceland featuring waterfalls, glaciers and some wonderful tephra!

[Polly Thompson @PollyThompson94]

PhD students all over the UK are being pushed into poverty with rising costs of living but a minimal increase in our already very modest stipends. How funders think 18K a year in London is enough to live on while doing a PhD is baffling 😤

[Tim Witney @TimWitney]

❗️Another week, another PhD student has come to my office in tears as they can’t afford to live in London on £18k. And this is before the price cap increase. @UKRI_News this time - can I ask what you are doing to support the next-generation so there is a next-generation?! Pls RT