-
-
Please suggest topics or questions that you would like us to cover in this blog. We would also love to hear from you if you would like to blog for us.
-
Please suggest topics or questions that you would like us to cover in this blog. We would also love to hear from you if you would like to blog for us.
-
Category Archives: Academic Life
Improving the treatment of PhD students
In a fascinating article in this week’s Chronicle, Leonard Cassuto explores how universities treat their postgraduate students. You can read the whole article here. A few respondents to this blog have also highlighted the precarious position of doctoral students in … Read More
Tagged: career development, PhD experience
2 Comments
Promotion: achieving it in today's climate
This week I had some great news: I have been promoted to the position of Senior Lecturer! As well as being very pleasing for me personally, this also illustrates that, if you are willing to push hard enough, it is … Read More
Tagged: career development, promotion
2 Comments
Teaching postgraduates: a new career step
This week I am starting to teach my ten week MA module on Atlantic History, a significant milestone in my career progression and definitely something to add to my CV. So, why is this experience so important?
Is academia still a viable career?
Happy New Year to one and all! I thought I’d start 2011 with a controversial question: do you think that academia is still a viable career option for new PhD students? I was talking to colleagues at a conference last … Read More
Careers Resolutions: plans for 2011
A new year often leads us to make plans to change or develop aspects of our lives and career planning should be no exception. Now is a good time to make an audit considering where you are now and what … Read More
Working from home: can you do it?
Here in the UK we have had an especially cold winter so far and, for many people, getting into work has been a real challenge. More people live some distance from their workplace now than ever before, and this is … Read More
Last week of term: time to take stock!
So, it’s coming to the end of a seemingly endless term. Only a few hours of teaching to go, only a few more meetings before the Christmas break. And even though we’re only having three weeks off, family commitments will … Read More
