Fiona Smith

Mum, Wife, PhD Psychology brass band researcher, and crazy cat lady. Size of a half-pint.

[Fiona Smith @littlefeefee87]

The year started for me with all data collection completed. Here’s hoping to a great year of analysis and write up!

[Fiona Smith @littlefeefee87]

Banding friends!

Looking for players who have played in UK or Norway contest brass bands for a focus group! If you think you might be interested, please see my article on 4barsrest that was published today for more details!

https://t.co/LI7TWjQoM5

Please share 😊

[Fiona Smith @littlefeefee87]

Progression Monitoring 2 Viva today - another part of my journey complete 😊

[Fiona Smith @littlefeefee87]

Mild relief and mild panic… just submitted my progression monitoring 2 for my PhD. Can’t believe how quickly this has come round!

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@BigPictureLivin Congratulations 😊

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Little one started school today. I admit found it a tad emotional waving him off in the morning, but he had a fantastic day, which obviously makes it that little bit easier 😊

[Fiona Smith @littlefeefee87]

@DrGtrombone Ps. Happy birthday @DrGtrombone !

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@DrGtrombone I resisted the urge to buy one for ages as I love a good paperback, but 3 years ago I also took the plunge and to be honest, I’ve enjoyed using the kindle (also handy for holidays!), but there are some things I refuse to not have in paperback also 😂

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@BigPictureLivin I’ve been here before with my masters by research, so thankfully it’s slightly less daunting than it could have been! Though when I have my full data set, it will be larger than my said masters work, so this time it’s definitely more intense! But I find analysis fun 😂

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You know you’re at an intense (but very much enjoyable) analysis stage of your PhD when more post it notes are purchased 😂 #AcademicChatter #PhD #AcademicTwitter

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@LucyGoBag @ZJAyres @WHO Thank you - he’s now a thriving 4 year old about to start school in Sept!

[Fiona Smith @littlefeefee87]

Love this - many will have experienced this also I would think 😂 @AcademicChatter @Momademia

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@Dunstonb3 Congratulations Dr!

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Performance anxiety study published https://t.co/7o9MIrgOeq

Promoting my masters work and recent publication to the brass band community finally 😊

[Fiona Smith @littlefeefee87]

As a bit of a tea drinking mug enthusiast, there was only one thing I insisted on getting to celebrate my first academic publication (I had also seen this done before and thought it was a great idea!)…

[Fiona Smith @littlefeefee87]

Never really been thrilled by growing flowers, till now 😊 Looking pretty, and there’s more to come!

[Fiona Smith @littlefeefee87]

@DrBeckyMcCarthy Thank you - yeah, it angered me more than anything that if I weren’t that strong minded person; it could have really upset! But nope!

[Fiona Smith @littlefeefee87]

Had someone tell me already my work shouldn’t be celebrated… Well a hearty up yours to you mate. Surely success is subjective, so personally, I feel I’ve done alright for myself thank you!

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First academic journal publication accomplished! So excited to share the paper of my masters work into ‘Exploring and comparing differences in contesting and non-contesting brass band players performance anxiety and coping strategies’ 😊 #IJMHW https://t.co/IV9ZF2H0HO