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Category Archives: Research
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
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
Funding challenges in the arts
I think everyone in the Higher Education sector is aware that funding cuts will affect our research and teaching experience over the next few years. So how can we go about trying to protect our ability to research in the … Read More
Tagged: funding, Research
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How to end your career!
In the UK this week there has been a lot of discussion of pensions in the university sector and some lecturers are planning strike action to defend their existing pension schemes. That, along with a fascinating article in Chronicle by … Read More
Tagged: career end, retirement
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Balancing research and teaching
This is our ‘reading week’, which is what our university calls half term. It means that we have a week off from our teaching commitments, but every other duty such as meeting attendance and research or writing has to be … 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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