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Category Archives: Jobseeking
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
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.
Private tutoring opportunities
Like university students, school children are also beginning to panic at this time of year as exams approach. If you are a PhD student or recently finished post-doc struggling to pay the bills undertaking private tutoring of school children is … Read More
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
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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
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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
