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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The fixed-term lectureship?
Since October 2009, I have been sending out job applications all over the world, fourteen in total. Of all the jobs I applied to, I w...
01 March 2010
By Matthew Salois
Categories: career, short term contracts
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When I grow up I want to be…
The short term nature of most research contracts has been discussed a number of times on this blog. The transient nature of the work,...
01 March 2010
By Elizabeth Dodson
Categories: career, short term contracts
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Beetle Drive
Who remembers beetle drives? Aaah, nostalgia for a Britain long lost. I shouldn’t be able to feel it being an immigrant but I have be...
28 February 2010
By Tennie Videler
Categories: development
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"A bird in the hand..."
“A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.” I cannot tell you how often I heard this phrase two years ago....
27 February 2010
By Matthew Salois
Categories: career, practical tips
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Inspiring women - Ada Lovelace Day
On March 24th, bloggers all over the world will post about a woman in science or technology that's inspired them. Named after Ada Lovelace,...
27 February 2010
By Hannah Dee
Categories: role models
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What do you want from your research staff association?
Last month Tennie introduced the new UK Research Staff Association (UKRSA) and as one of the current co-chairs (alongside David Proctor) I ...
24 February 2010
By Elizabeth Dodson
Categories: development, research staff organisation, support
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Feeling inside-out
Job interviews, never a favourite experience of mine, have been a common occurrence these past few weeks. One particular interv...
24 February 2010
By Matthew Salois
Categories: career, development
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You say tomato, I say tom-ah-to…
I’ve been in the US – where I’m a short term visiting researcher at a big public university – for about a month and...
21 February 2010
By Sarah Davies
Categories: career, mobility, research staff
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Cite you like?
Hannah recently posted on the web tool citeulike and how it can help organise your references online. This got me thinking about citation m...
21 February 2010
By Sarah Davies
Categories: Learning, Research, development, training, support
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Coming up for air
Recently I have been drowning a little in work, not just because a hoard of project deadlines are coming at once, but because I have been t...
21 February 2010
By Elizabeth Dodson
Categories: research staff
