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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9 Reasons Why I Decided to Quit my Job
After nearly a decade employed as a postdoc, I have decided to quit a job that I loved and try something completely different! I do this wi...
09 March 2010
By Mashhuda Glencross
Categories: Research, career, development, short term contracts, research staff
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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
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Universities, researchers and the recession
Dr Tristram Hooley trawls the web to find out how the recession is impacting on universities I’m not an economist, but I know what I...
12 July 2009
By Tristram Hooley
Categories: career
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Challenges and Perspectives for Early Career Researchers during the current economic climate
By Professor Sarah O’Hara, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Professor Bob Webb, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research, Universit...
10 July 2009
By Web Admin
Categories: career
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Researcher Careers and Recession
By Fiona Christie, Careers co-ordinator for Postgraduate researchers, Univeristy of Salford We are living in extraordinary times a...
10 July 2009
By Web Admin
Categories: career
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