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 experience, unlike those in sales who are on the road constantly. So, how do you get the most out of your research trip?
Archive for the ‘Academic Life’ Category
Planning a research trip
Monday, March 15th, 2010Jobs outside university
Monday, March 8th, 2010Many 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 lecturer or researcher. Where does that leave them?
Departmental research culture: how’s yours?
Monday, March 1st, 2010This 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 small part of our attempts to develop a stronger research culture in the department. So how much is your department doing and what more could you do?
Commuting: make the most of your time
Friday, February 26th, 2010I am now half way through my third year of doing a long commute (Coventry to Manchester) which takes two hours each way. I can tell by the expressions on people’s faces when I tell them about my journey to work that this sort of commute is not for everyone. But I have no problems with it, and even enjoy it! So, how do I do it?!
Admissions tutor job: what does it involve?
Monday, February 15th, 2010At this time of year university admissions procedures are in the news a great deal. It seems as though every day a new controversy hits the national newspapers showing that the brightest students will be excluded and that thousands of young people will miss out on a university place. So what do admissions tutors actually do?
