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To party or not to party?
Will you be getting (or giving) any office Christmas parties? And, if so, do you love them or loathe them?
04 December 2011
Categories: Research
When you don't need to make New Year resolutions
Every year I make a list of resolutions, plan what work I want to do next. This year, I don't need to. Does this mean things are ticking over nicely of that I've taken too much on?
27 December 2011
Categories: development
I'll be home for Christmas
How celebrating Christmas together can strengthen expat research communities.
27 December 2011
Categories:
Pantomime isn’t anything to do with research- oh yes it is.
A seasonal (if rather clumsy) attempt to draw some parallels between pantomimes and research... Merry Christmas all
24 December 2011
Addressing your peers and superiors
Do people find it hard because English does not have the formal/informal distinction of addressing people?
14 December 2011
Categories: career, research staff, practical tips
T'is the season for Christmas cards
Do you give Christmas cards to your colleagues? Do you get one from your boss? Does it matter?
17 December 2011
Categories: Community
Sharing the joy
Who can you share your research successes with? Do your colleagues celebrate your triumphs, or is there too much rivalry there? Do your family and friends outside academia appreciate what it means to you to get a paper published? (I’m not, I’m really not, going to use the term work-life balance in this blog …)
17 December 2011
Categories: Research, career, development, mobility, short term contracts
Think tanks: report from an ESRC workshop
Engaged scholars, unabashed lobbyists or useful research mediators? Would you work for a think tank?
11 December 2011
Categories: Research, career, mobility, research staff
When the cat is away the mice are at play
As the saying goes... Does this apply to some PIs being away and their groups becoming less focussed in their absence?
01 December 2011
Categories: Research, career, research staff, support, role models
Researchers in South Africa
Initial report from my visit to Cape Town to talk to postdocs, funders and policy makers about Vitae and the UKRSA
12 December 2011
