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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Research: the joy and the pain!
Currently I am away in the United States working at the South Caroliniana Library in Columbia, SC. I am truly immersed in the academic process, spending eight hours a day alone all but for the librarians pouring over historic documents. … Read More
Tagged: project planning, Research, research trip
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Marking: the worst part of the job?
Having talked to academics at various levels of their careers about their perceptions of the job, I can say that most think marking is a necessary evil. I certainly caused a stir at a gathering recently when I admitted I … Read More
Tagged: Academic Life, assessment, marking
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Planning a research trip
One of the joys of academic life (in my field anyway) is that I get to travel the world and work at the same time. And because the travel is not high pressure and regular, I can really appreciate the … Read More
Jobs outside university
Many people who visit the jobs.ac.uk website are doing so because they want to look for an academic job. However, there are a number of postgraduate students who come to realise that they don’t want to work as a university … Read More
Tagged: job market, nonacademic jobs, postgraduate life
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Departmental research culture: how's yours?
This week a good friend of mine, Dr Angela McShane of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, is coming to my department to give a paper to our newly inaugurated Textual and Visual Cultures Seminar. This is just a … Read More
Tagged: funding, research culture
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