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Testing My Resolve
It's been (over) a month since the new year and all the resolutions that I made, a lot of them work and career-related. Overall I'd s...
08 February 2010
By Nick Dickens
Categories: career
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English libel laws and science
I have written some articles about the following issue in various places, including for the UKGrad magazine published by Vitae (as a recent...
07 February 2010
By Blanka Sengerová
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Vitae courses for research staff
Vitae run new courses for research staff and doctoral researchers nationally. They are designed and delivered by some of the best facilitat...
05 February 2010
By Tennie Videler
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High and Dry
Last week there was yet-another article on the impact of the current financial climate on research - Debt crisis threatens UK sci...
03 February 2010
By Nick Dickens
Categories: Research, career, research staff
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The problems of peer review
I spotted an interesting article on the BBC website and wanted to share it. It reveals some of the problems, that I'm sure we are all too f...
02 February 2010
By Joanne Oates
Categories: Research, research staff
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Postdoc woes
I am going through a crisis. After 5 years (!) into my second postdoc I am starting to feel like a hamster on a wheel. My longest contrac...
31 January 2010
By Carolina Arancibia
Categories: research staff
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In favor of teaching
Based on statements that I have read in other blog posts and comments, it seems there is a tendency to view research and teaching as being ...
31 January 2010
By Matthew Salois
Categories: Research, career, development
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Finding the work-work balance!
Browsing through PhD comics earlier I found one that particularly reflects my situation at the moment. It made me smile and sig...
30 January 2010
By Elizabeth Dodson
Categories: research staff
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"Be everything to everyone."
"Be everything to everyone." This was the interview advice recently given to me by my mentor. In short, on a given panel inte...
28 January 2010
By Matthew Salois
Categories: career, mentors, practical tips
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Research Staff Progression – is it really that hard to implement?
I love my job because my research area continues to fascinate me, but at the same time there are days when I question whether I really do w...
27 January 2010
By Elizabeth Dodson
Categories: career, development, research staff
