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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Postdoc woes
I am going through a crisis. After 5 years (!) into my second postdoc I am starting to feel like a hamster on a wheel. My longest contrac...
31 January 2010
By Carolina Arancibia
Categories: research staff
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In favor of teaching
Based on statements that I have read in other blog posts and comments, it seems there is a tendency to view research and teaching as being ...
31 January 2010
By Matthew Salois
Categories: Research, career, development
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Finding the work-work balance!
Browsing through PhD comics earlier I found one that particularly reflects my situation at the moment. It made me smile and sig...
30 January 2010
By Elizabeth Dodson
Categories: research staff
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"Be everything to everyone."
"Be everything to everyone." This was the interview advice recently given to me by my mentor. In short, on a given panel inte...
28 January 2010
By Matthew Salois
Categories: career, mentors, practical tips
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Research Staff Progression – is it really that hard to implement?
I love my job because my research area continues to fascinate me, but at the same time there are days when I question whether I really do w...
27 January 2010
By Elizabeth Dodson
Categories: career, development, research staff
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Are you a reseacher in the EU who's experienced social security problems?
I am a researcher at Cambridge University, trying to find out how social security problems influence the mobility of researchers in the EU....
27 January 2010
By Catherine O'Brien
Categories: career, mobility, research staff, research staff organisation
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What makes a good shop window?
I've heard that the first thing an appointment committee does (when faced with a pile of CVs) is to head for Google. This gives us job hunt...
27 January 2010
By Hannah Dee
Categories: career, mobility, short term contracts, research staff, practical tips
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Training outside the box
I am a biological and physical scientist by training. My scientific career has involved practical experience of bugs, frogs, gels, pipettes...
26 January 2010
By Tennie Videler
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Vitae blog by the numbers
After reading Sarah's great review discussing some of the many highlights that have transpired on the RS blog hosted by Vitae, I felt ...
22 January 2010
By Matthew Salois
Categories: research staff, research staff organisation
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Happy 100th!
As other Research Staff Blog geeks will have noticed, this is our 100th post. This seems like a reasonable excuse for a party – or at...
21 January 2010
By Sarah Davies
Categories: research staff, research staff organisation
