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Academic writing
When should academic writing be taught and how so as to help potential grad students publish early?
30 March 2012
Categories: Learning, development
Transferable skills honed as a Mum
How can you present skills gained on maternity leave during your next interview?
16 May 2012
Categories: career, development, short term contracts, practical tips
London based job in science communication
Some of the readers of this blog may be interested in this job opportunity...
11 May 2012
Categories: career
Capitalisation in journal articles
Do you know of any hard and fast rules about when it is appropriate to use capital letters and when not?
29 April 2012
Categories: practical tips
Nominations are open for the Women of Outstanding Achievement Awards 2012
The high profile annual photographic exhibition, the Women of Outstanding Achievement Awards is a collection of creative and dramatic portraits that profile outstanding contemporary women within science, engineering and technology. Deadline for completed entries is midnight on Monday 11 June 2012.
06 May 2012
Categories: mentors, role models
Departmental awaydays - encouraging interaction
Do you know what research goes on in the lab across the corridor from your own? Should you make an effort to?
15 April 2012
Categories: Research, research staff, support, Community
The Researcher and her car
Do you feel that being a researcher affects whether you are likely to own a car or know how to drive?
30 April 2012
Categories:
Are you an informed researcher?
What is research about if not finding, absorbing, creating and disseminating information? To enable you to be more clever in how you manage, store and disseminate information, Vitae collaborated with the Research Information Network (RIN) and the Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL), to develop The informed researcher booklet (which I was involved in writing) and an Information literacy lens on the Vitae Researcher Development Framework.
30 April 2012
Categories: Research, practical tips
Why research?
What drives you to do the research that you do?
29 April 2012
Do you work weekends?
How much do you – and are expected to – work at weekends?
29 April 2012
Categories: Research, career, research staff
