Hi!
We are researchers from the University of Oxford, Coventry, and Amsterdam, and we are doing research on people's experience with the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic; in particular, their coping mechanisms, how connected they feel, which sources of information they trust, and what they think of their government's decisions with regards to the pandemic.
We have already received over 3,000 responses to our survey (thanks to everyone who has already participated!) but we are still looking for more participants, especially those who currently live in the United Kingdom.
You can find the link to our survey here (see also there for more information).
The survey takes about 20 minutes, which we admit is not short, but we hope you're happy to participate all the same. Our research is not funded by anyone so we rely on volunteers.
Our aim is to relay our findings back to the public as soon as possible (as we have done with previous research).
Thank you very much!
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Edit: for anyone who did the “remindme” thing for this year, I didn’t even get an interview this time around. Still waiting to hear back from other unis, St Andrew’s is now my more realistic choice. I’ll update again when I hear back from them.
Edit 2: got into St Andrews :) currently considered the 3rd best uni in the U.K. according to most sources, only behind Oxford and Cambridge, happy with that!
I applied to study languages, I was offered interviews and went through a 5 day long interview process, where I met dozens of wonderful people. I got to talk to some of the most intelligent people I have ever met and was absolutely blown away. I fell in love with the city, the people, and more than anything the university itself. Today however, I opened my email and found the rejection letter.
My aim now is to take a gap year, volunteer abroad to improve my language skills and gain experiences, and reapply next year. I understand that people are going through much worse in their lives in comparison, but I don’t know. It still stings. I feel like I was given a small taste of what my life could have been in like in those 5 days, and now that opportunity has been taken away from me, through no one else’s fault but my own. Next time I will try harder. And I will be better.
I am a baby lawyer. I have gone through 3 pairs of shoes in four months. Heeled loafers, pumps, and professional-looking flats. They weren’t that cheap either. Women’s shoes are made to just self destruct in a few months. I work in a small town with few female attorneys and none my age.
I just want to know (a) what state you practice in, (b) what the shoe culture is like for women attorneys there. (Do you see women in oxfords or other types of sturdier shoes and what about socks?)
What follows is the same old rant you’ve probably seen multiple times over the years. Feel free to stop reading here. I went to a law school where we were allowed to dress veryy casual. I wore jeans, adidas Stan smiths, and SOCKS blessed socks almost every day. I’m a younger millennial. In my school, the divide between men and women did not exist, or at least I didn’t notice it. I rarely had to dress up so I never thought about unfair dress standards until my first few months of working in the real world. Now I’m going from comfortable sneaks to shoving my sweaty feet into a pair of heels and clicking around all day. I switch to flats. They start REEKING after a couple weeks. I buy those bullshit no-show socks. They fall down and wad up under my foot before I leave the house most mornings. I buy loafers and wear thin professional tall socks with them (ahhh). I get made fun of for the socks. I quit the socks. I buy deodorant to spray my effing feet. I walk around barefoot in these until the whole heel disintegrates. Now I’m back to square one.
Female attorneys, how are you handling this?
I live in London but I was visiting Oxford for a few days and found this on a board for flyers, figured you guys might appreciate it :)
Hi!
We are researchers from the University of Oxford, Amsterdam, and Coventry, and we are doing research on how people are coping with COVID-19; in particular, their coping mechanisms, how connected they feel, and which sources of information they trust, including those of the government of the country they live in.
We have already received over 1,900 responses to our survey (thanks to everyone who has participated!) but we are still looking for many more participants, especially those who currently live in the Netherlands (note: you don't have Dutch nationality).
You can find the link to our survey here (see also there for more information).
Have you got 20 minutes to fill out our survey? It is available in English, Dutch, and 6 other languages. We admit this is not a short survey, but we hope you're happy to participate all the same. Our aim is to relay our findings back to the public as soon as possible (as we have done with previous research).
Thank you very much!
The Coping with COVID-19 research team (Feel free to comment or PM us for more information!)
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