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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Work-life balance
In this busy period leading up to Christmas it seems like a good time to think about how to make sure that you maintain a healthy work-life balance towards the end of a busy term and leading into the holiday … Read More
Teaching and research: how to juggle both!
This is the constant question for scholars, especially in teaching-heavy institutions: how do I make time for both teaching and research? Unfortunately maintaining that balance seems to be more difficult than ever.
Research during term time: is it possible?
We have just had our ‘reading week’ here at MMU which means that all the History students had an informal half-term break in which they don’t have to prepare for class and instead can devote themselves to their assessed essays … Read More
Good practice in marking
The middle of the Autumn term is upon us and essays are starting to flood in for many academics in the Humanities and possibly the Social Sciences as well. For some scholars who have just started at a new university … Read More
What interview panels are looking for
This week’s Chronicle blog ‘On Hiring’ has an interesting entry by David Evans discussing what interview panels are looking for when they call candidates to come to the university for interview. I have not had the chance of being on … Read More
