This post is the second one in the series about lessons from rugby for academia, focusing on how being an athlete helped me tackle my PhD (and beyond!) sustainably and creatively.

In honour of the Women’s 6 Nations Championship and the SVNS Series, this is the first of three posts where I look at skills and habits I acquired as a rugby player and which have made me a better academic and helped me tackle my PhD creatively and sustainably.

Here is what a lot of the productivity advice targeted at PhD students on the internet misses: the PhD is, above all else, a creative project.