Welcome to the Vitae research staff blog. Articles are invited by all members of research staff, or those interested in their development. Therefore the views expressed are personal and not necessarily Vitae's. Please feel free to post articles on career, professional and personal development, policy developments e.g. the Concordat, feature articles such as interviews, career histories, academics talking about their time as a member of research staff etc. and any useful resources.
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How do you make a bullet and an alien move at the same time?
I’m occasionally asked how I came to be a researcher and why I am still a researcher. To me the title of this post encapsulates this ...
16 March 2010
By Chris Thomson
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Bookshelf Suggestions
Hi! This is my first time posting on the Research Staff Blog. I'm a freelance skills trainer and PhD graduate based in the North West; a ...
15 March 2010
By Nathan Ryder
Categories: Learning, development, training, support
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The digital researcher blog
I thought many of you internet savvy readers of this blog may well be interested in another blog just started on the Vitae website: the dig...
13 March 2010
By Tennie Videler
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9 reasons to attend ‘Advancing in academia’ on the 29 March in Manchester
Following the current trend in posting ‘9 reasons to’ on this blog, here is mine…. Advancing in academia is a one...
11 March 2010
By Tennie Videler
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CVs and Resumes: Bigger is Better?
Before my current trip to the States, a family member thoughtfully bought me Call of the Weird, Louis Theroux’s account of a series...
10 March 2010
By Sarah Davies
Categories: career, research staff, support
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9 Reasons Why I Decided to Quit my Job
After nearly a decade employed as a postdoc, I have decided to quit a job that I loved and try something completely different! I do this wi...
09 March 2010
By Mashhuda Glencross
Categories: Research, career, development, short term contracts, research staff
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Whatever happened to meritocracy?
Without doubt, one of the greatest frustrations for me as a researcher has been the unknowability, or arbitrary changeability, of selection...
09 March 2010
By George Whale
Categories: Research, career, development, research staff
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Peer review and anonymity
Last week I got some reviews back on a journal paper. They were, frankly, great! The paper got accepted with major revisions, but the...
09 March 2010
By Hannah Dee
Categories: Research
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Public engagement by researchers
I've always been enthusiastic about the idea that as researchers we should be trying to engage the public(s) in one way or another - in lin...
03 March 2010
By Simon Smith
Categories: Research, career, research staff, support
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9 reasons why joining the union is a good idea for researchers...
I'll begin with those that are phrased from the point of view of pure self-interest - the way in which unions can help the individual:1. No...
03 March 2010
By Hannah Dee
Categories: career, development, short term contracts, support, practical tips
