Welcome to Vitae’s online discussion space on the recession and its potential impact on researcher careers. This space includes a discussion feature which will allow you to make comments on the articles (commissioned specifically for this space), raise questions and concerns and post up any useful or related web links that you want to share with others. All are welcome to engage in the discussions! Posting of comments is subject to the standard Terms and Conditions of use for the site. If you have any questions or experience any difficulties in using this space please e-mail peri.cihan@vitae.ac.uk Please note: Vitae has invited a number of people to write articles specifically for this purpose and is happy to host this discussion space however it is important to note that the opinions expressed in each of the articles and in comments posted are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Vitae or CRAC: The career development organisation.
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Are you a reseacher in the EU who's experienced social security problems?
I am a researcher at Cambridge University, trying to find out how social security problems influence the mobility of researchers in the EU....
27 January 2010
By Catherine O'Brien
Categories: career, mobility, research staff, research staff organisation
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Senior researchers and the Researchers' Survival Guide.
While the Researchers' survival guide represents a positive step towards helping researchers develop their careers it seems predominantly a...
05 January 2010
By Mashhuda Glencross
Categories: career, development
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Survey for postdoctoral researchers in the UK
PS. If you are not a postdoctoral researcher, could you forward the message below to the postdocs in your dept? Dear postdoctoral...
11 December 2009
By Fatima Felisberti
Categories: Research, career, development, mobility, short term contracts, research staff, research staff organisation
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Escape from sunny Spain II
For me as an ex-postdoc in a MRC laboratory in Cambridge (1999-2004), scientific life has never been better than during those five years....
10 December 2009
By Rodrigo Carbajo
Categories: career
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Escape from sunny Spain I
From a general European perspective, Spain is that sunny Mediterranean country where you can party 24/7, the food is great and the drink ...
10 December 2009
By Rodrigo Carbajo
Categories: career
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Publish or Perish: Reflections on the realities of writing for a journal.
As an early-career researcher, I wanted to kick-start my professional development by writing up my MSc research for a peer-reviewed journal...
30 November 2009
By Fay Huntley
Categories: career, development, practical tips
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Postgraduates and the recession
By Dr Charlie Ball, HECSU Deputy Director of Research A few weeks ago, on the HECSU blog, I did some calculations looking at the parallel...
05 August 2009
By Web Admin
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How do recruiters make shortlisting decisions?
By Shiona Llewellyn. Are you planning to start your post-PhD career in a consultancy? There are jobs about, but the bar (alw...
16 July 2009
By Web Admin
Categories: career
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Careers and recession from the perspective of a head of postgraduate career development
By Elizabeth Wilkinson, Head of Postgraduate Career Development, University of Manchester. Every day we’re bombarded with ta...
16 July 2009
By Web Admin
Categories: career
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Impact of the recession on research and research careers
By Aaron Porter, Vice-President (Higher Education), National Union of Students It seems that no corner of the UK, no...
14 July 2009
By Web Admin
Categories: career
