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Jenny Walklate, Job Snob for Hire
Since my funding came to an end, I’ve been living off my savings. At first, I had a good reason for this – I was finishing my thesis, revising and waiting for my viva, and even if I had had … Read More
The Jaws that Bite: Or, On Rejection.
Most of my life has been spent in education. Barring a year out due to illness, I moved from GCSE to a PhD Scholarship with comfortable ease. Whether through ability, luck, or both, I was rarely rejected for any opportunity … Read More
Tagged: job prospects
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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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The job hunting roller coaster
With many people, academics and others, heading off for their summer holidays I thought the roller coaster analogy is quite apt. Looking for a permanent position in academia is very much like being flung about on a fairground ride, as … Read More
Real jobseekers' problems!
Yesterday in the glorious July sunshine I went off to Southampton University to give a talk on how to maximise your chances in the job market to a group of postgraduate computer scientists. As well as my talk, the campus … Read More
