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Category Archives: Academic Jobs
Why Study for a PhD?
Wanting to be titled ‘Dr’ is not a good enough reason for becoming a PhD student. Nor is it a good reason to do a PhD because you hate your current job or cannot get a job. Doing a PhD is hard work, a long … Read More
Tagged: PhD, PhD help, PhD student, starting a phd, why do a phd
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How to Communicate Your PhD Research
One of the gripes many people have with their PhD is that they think no one else is interested in it (and therefore the PhD is a pointless waste of time) and/or they think/know that no one else has a … Read More
New Year, PhD?
At New Year people take time to reflect and start to plan for the year ahead. I imagine some people will be exploring the possibility of starting a PhD so I thought I would post a little bit about how … Read More
Tagged: finding a PhD, PhD, PhD advice, PhD application, PhD help, PhD student
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Starting out
Two important pieces of advice for anyone starting out a new project whether it is a PhD or a new work project. Write everything down and speak to as many people as you can. Read More
Tagged: new student, notetaking, PhD, PhD advice, starting out, time management
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Academics do not just teach
When some people outside academia ask about the role of a postdoctoral researcher, they expect that it is mainly a teaching job. It is surprising for them to find that many academic positions do not require any teaching. So what … Read More
Quasi-academic jobs
The Chronicle has an interview of Scott Keeter who after twenty-four years as university faculty member is now working in a think tank The interview dwells on the similarities and differences between academic jobs and ‘quasi-academic jobs’. Quasi-academic jobs are … Read More
Tagged: quasi-academic jobs
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Munich, here I come
It is final now. I will be starting a European Science Foundation research fellowship at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU- also known as University of Munich). I had been in touch with the concerned research group for some time. Although, I received … Read More
