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Category Archives: Academic Life
Jenny Walklate, Job Snob for Hire
Since my funding came to an end, I’ve been living off my savings. At first, I had a good reason for this – I was finishing my thesis, revising and waiting for my viva, and even if I had had … Read More
Academic Conferences: Small versus Big
By Shola Adenekan Academic conferences are as much about learning a new culture as they are about presenting your research ideas and networking for prospective career openings. As a PhD candidate going to academic conferences in the United States for … Read More
Tagged: Academic conference, jobs, postdoc
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End of my fourth year…what have I learned?!
It’s coming up to the end of my fourth year working in the history department at MMU and I can’t believe where the time has gone! They say that ‘time flies when you’re having fun’ and that is certainly true, … Read More
Exams: the joy of invigilation and marking!
At this time of year students are cramming for their exams but lecturers also suffer exam stress too! Of course it’s not as bad as actually sitting the exams, but the pressures of marking this time of year can get … Read More
The value of networking
A really useful post in this week’s Chronicle explains why networking is so important in academia. If you still think that networking is only relevant to those working in the commercial sector, think again! Read the full article here.
Research and work/life balance
For most universities in the UK the long spring term is now over and we are into the holiday period. However, for many scholars, ‘holiday’ is a misnomer. These three weeks might herald a different way of working than in … Read More
Higher Education on a global scale
Sometimes it is easy to focus on the minutiae of day to day life as an academic without thinking of the broader picture. I like to visit the University World News website just to get a sense of what’s happening … Read More
