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Category Archives: Research
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
Reading week: another name for half-term?
It’s reading week and so we don’t have to teach any lectures or seminars and, in theory at least, the students are using the time to diligently prepare their assignments! But what should diligent lecturers be doing?
Time management: is missing a deadline ever OK?
There has been a heated discussion in this week’s Chronicle about the amount of work tenured or permanent lecturers do and whether things get easier or harder as you get up the food chain.
Tagged: tenure track, time management
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Humanities research: pros and cons of online!
For the last four weeks I have been spending forty-plus hours per week sitting at my computer at home doing research for my second monograph. It has forced me to consider the benefits of being able to research online but … Read More
Tagged: archives, online, Research
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No, I'm not on holiday for the next 2 months!
It never ceases to amaze me how many people outside academia think that once the summer term has ended we go on an 8 week holiday with nothing to concern ourselves but reading trashy novels and developing a good tan! … Read More
Should we publish less or more?
A controversial article appeared in the Chronicle this week claiming that perhaps academics publish too much useless research and that the amount of publications required for job applications or promotion should be reduced in order to increase the quality of … Read More
Tagged: job prospects, journal articles, publications
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Students do less work shock!
An article on the University World news website has revealed something that will not shock many academics: students now are doing considerably less work on their degrees than their predecessors in the 1960s!
