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Art and Design Practice-Based PHD Supervision
6 month scoping project: practice-based PhD supervision Literature Review Following on from discussions held at the supervisors
19 July 2010
Categories: Learning, Research, development, research staff, training
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Stop press
The REF has been postponed for a year - and won't come in until 2014 (er, if at all). I'm not sure what this means for those of
08 July 2010
Categories: Research
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The new budget...what will it mean for researchers?
Just a quick post to note that, even from across the pond, it's obvious that the coalition government have now announced their new budget.
24 May 2010
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Standing up for evidence-based science
In the past, I have written on this forum about the activities of Sense About Science and Voice of Young Science, in the context of the lib
05 July 2010
Categories: Research, development, role models
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9 ways to create luck in your career
Some of the most successful people have got where they are by carefully planning their career. There is no doubt that being informed on opt
03 July 2010
Categories: career, practical tips
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Get out more
What do having a cup of tea with an elderly resident of your local community, carrying out focus groups with users of your research, and
09 July 2010
Categories: Research, career, research staff, training, support
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The "Ninety Per Cent" factor: Part 2. In search of Plan B
OK, so what about the 90% of us who, according to my RSC careers advisor, are never going to find an academic post? Assuming we give our re
25 May 2010
Categories: career, mobility, research staff, CVs
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The politics of office space
I have a feeling this is a topic we’ve touched on before on this blog, but recently I’ve been thinking about the pros, cons a
29 June 2010
Categories: Research, research staff, Community
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UCU Congress 2010, and what it might mean for researchers
A month ago I was unexpectedly asked to deputise for one of our local branch presidents at the annual congress of UCU, the trade union repr
28 June 2010
Categories: Research, short term contracts, research staff, Community
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Do researchers watch the world cup?
There are no posts on this forum yet about the world cup... does that mean that researchers aren't interested? That hasn't been my experien
23 June 2010
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