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Category Archives: Jobseeking
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
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
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
Academic Career Concerns: Australia
While the number of academic jobs available in the UK compared to the number of candidates available is shrinking and only looks to get worse over the next few years, in Australia they have a different sort of career challenge: … Read More
Academic career path: where are you going?
Sometimes we get caught up in the day to day business of being a lecturer or a researcher and life becomes so busy that we don’t have the opportunity to step back and look at the bigger picture. However, in … Read More
Taking a sideways move to another university
In these difficult times perhaps I should be glad to have a job at all when so many within the academic profession are struggling to make ends meet. But an article in the Chronicle this week raises the possibility of … Read More
