Katherine Pigott is studying SD805 "Issues in Brain and Behaviour", as part of her MSc course at the Open University.

She's a vegetarian, likes the colour green and loves reading.

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Katherine's tutor, Dr Christine Heading outlines what the assessors are looking for in the student's projects and cautions students about self-doubt.

See what else she has to say.

The world has gone a bit mad, and Katherine finds distraction in news from America.

It's hard to concentrate on study when everything seems so uncertain.

See Katherine's September Diaries.