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Tag Archives: portfolio careers
Building a portfolio academic career
This time of the year I am always contacted by the International Baccalaureate Organisation and the AQA examining board asking me if I’d like to do some summer marking for their history qualifications. This is a reminder of the days … Read More
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Advantages and disadvantages of 'portfolio careers'
The challenges of having several jobs in order to pay the bills seem a distant memory to me now, but increasingly young academics starting out in their career know that they face several years of this before securing a permanent … Read More


