Researching your prospective employer is key to any good job application and interview. I’ve collated three key tips that will give you the edge over those who simply stick to departmental websites.
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I’m excited to have been asked to deliver two workshops for PhD students and early-career researchers at the University of Exeter: one on how to strategically develop your CV in the pursuit of an academic career, the other on how social media can act as a useful tool academic career development. If you’d like to […]
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I delivered this invited talk as part of an event called The Digital Academic, organised by Jobs.ac.uk and Piirus and held on 23 March 2015 at the University of Warwick. The aim of this session was to introduce ECRs and PhDs to how social media can help your academic profile, skills, and career prospects, but […]
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An anonymous contributors reflects on their experiences of schizophrenia during their PhD and their nevertheless successful journey to a permanent academic job.
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I’ve been thinking for a while about writing a post on my relatively quick transition from PhD student to PhD supervisor, mainly to reflect on what is important to me regarding my new responsibilities and based on my own and my peers’ experiences, but also to think more generally about what the common problems in […]
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This post is a brief reflection on how to deal with the fact that you might not be the only one working on “your” topic.
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Lucy R. Hinnie talks about her journey to and through self-funded part-time study and the challenges and benefits it brings.
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An anonymous PhD student discusses how Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the pressures of academia have led them to become addicted to painkillers. Are academics prone to socially acceptable addictions?
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Chloé’s work focuses on the work of Ellen Wood (or Mrs Henry Wood). In particular, she investigates the interconnections between Wood’s identities as a professional author, a woman writer, and a producer of highly popular works on the Victorian literary market place.
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PhD Picnics is an initiative which encourages exchange between postgraduate students and research staff to provide a supportive, stimulating postgraduate culture and adequate academic skills training and development.
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An early-career academic writes about their struggles with depression and chronic anxiety.
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This one-day training session is aimed at postgraduates and early-career researchers who are hoping to develop an academic career.
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An anonymous academic recounts their encounters with stress and anxiety towards the end of their PhD.
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Bethan Jones writes about the relationship between her self harm and her doctoral research.
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A blog post I wrote for Jobs.ac.uk on making yourself employable during your PhD, particularly for a career in academia.
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This is a short blog post I wrote for Jobs.ac.uk on deciding on your career path after your PhD.
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An anonymous blogger reflects on the relationship between anxiety and academia.
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