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9 reasons to attend ‘Advancing in academia’ on the 29 March in Manchester
Following the current trend in posting ‘9 reasons to’ on this blog, here is mine…. Advancing in academia is a one...
11 March 2010
By Tennie Videler
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CVs and Resumes: Bigger is Better?
Before my current trip to the States, a family member thoughtfully bought me Call of the Weird, Louis Theroux’s account of a series...
10 March 2010
By Sarah Davies
Categories: career, research staff, support
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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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Whatever happened to meritocracy?
Without doubt, one of the greatest frustrations for me as a researcher has been the unknowability, or arbitrary changeability, of selection...
09 March 2010
By George Whale
Categories: Research, career, development, research staff
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Peer review and anonymity
Last week I got some reviews back on a journal paper. They were, frankly, great! The paper got accepted with major revisions, but the...
09 March 2010
By Hannah Dee
Categories: Research
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Public engagement by researchers
I've always been enthusiastic about the idea that as researchers we should be trying to engage the public(s) in one way or another - in lin...
03 March 2010
By Simon Smith
Categories: Research, career, research staff, support
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9 reasons why joining the union is a good idea for researchers...
I'll begin with those that are phrased from the point of view of pure self-interest - the way in which unions can help the individual:1. No...
03 March 2010
By Hannah Dee
Categories: career, development, short term contracts, support, practical tips
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The fixed-term lectureship?
Since October 2009, I have been sending out job applications all over the world, fourteen in total. Of all the jobs I applied to, I w...
01 March 2010
By Matthew Salois
Categories: career, short term contracts
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When I grow up I want to be…
The short term nature of most research contracts has been discussed a number of times on this blog. The transient nature of the work,...
01 March 2010
By Elizabeth Dodson
Categories: career, short term contracts
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Beetle Drive
Who remembers beetle drives? Aaah, nostalgia for a Britain long lost. I shouldn’t be able to feel it being an immigrant but I have be...
28 February 2010
By Tennie Videler
Categories: development
