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starting new research project
Dear All, I am planning to start a new research project, and unfortunately I don't have much support. I would be very grateful if
31 July 2010
Categories: Research, support, practical tips
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9 ways to tailor your CV
I couldn’t think of 9 reasons to… so have adapted this theme to listing 9 ways to tailor your CV. On this forum we have disc
22 March 2010
Categories: career, practical tips, CVs
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Career choice or dead end? One long-term research scientist's view of the postdoctoral life
In one month, my contract as a senior researcher in a lively Medicinal Chemistry department will end. I like to think I’ve made a suc
06 November 2009
Categories: Research, career, development, short term contracts, research staff
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I fought the law. The law won.
If you’re anything like myself and my colleagues, you have a vague sense that things are changing around fixed term contracts but n
15 July 2010
Categories: career, development, mobility, short term contracts, research staff
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Why researchers can't research
A health warning: this is a rant, pure and simple, written at a particularly stressful moment and saved until I’d calmed down a bit
23 July 2010
Categories: Research, career, mobility, short term contracts, research staff
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Vitae Connections: research staff training provision
On Thursday I took part in the Vitae Connections event. It was a practice sharing day for people who deliver experiential learning courses
19 November 2009
Categories: development, training, support
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Working to an unpredictable deadline
These are strange times for me. I’m sat at home frantically trying to tie up multiple loose ends to various projects and propos
30 July 2010
Categories: career
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How does author name order work in your discipline?
In computer science, author order on a paper mast-head roughly reflects the contribution made by each author. So first author did most of t
30 July 2010
Categories: Research
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The paradox of getting points on the board
The issue of publications has been on my mind lately, initiated by my recent “revise and resubmit” dilemma. Whilst I have
31 July 2010
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Revise and resubmit or walk away?
Being an academic would be so much easier if only the publication process ended with a finished paper. Trying to find the time to eve
27 July 2010
