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What’s up doc? blog for postgraduate researchers
Welcome to What's up doc?. Articles and comments are invited by all postgraduate researchers and those interested in their development. Therefore the views expressed are personal and not necessarily Vitae's. To keep this a supportive, welcoming online community please abide by the terms of reference.
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Summary - Vitae - Charting an entrepreneurial career: how researchers can control their professional destiny April 9th
This post summarises the excellent Vitae event I attended at Bristol University yesterday on entrepreneurial activities related to research. This helped me understand what entrepreneurial activities had already been part of my PhD and work, and inspired me to pursue them further.
10 April 2013
Categories: Learning, Research, career, development, training, support, practical tips, Community
Vitae - Charting an entrepreneurial career: how researchers can control their professional destiny
Information about Vitae Event 5th March in Bristol, and why I've booked onto it. Charting an entrepreneurial career: how researchers can control their professional
19 February 2013
Categories: Learning, Research, career, development, research staff, training, support, practical tips
8 Tips to Publish High Impact
In research, publishing your results and getting cited are the tenets of staying scientifically active and relevant. We know it is important to publish in high impact journals but what are the key points of getting the high impact publication? or is it OK to settle for mediocre publications? Read on to find out some pointers.
01 December 2012
Categories: Learning, Research, development, training
Science Writing Competition
Can you translate a research article into language accessible to the lay person?
20 December 2012
Categories: practical tips
Does a disability prevent career advancement?
In an interview for the RSC News, Dr Audrey Cameron describes her experience of becoming the first deaf PhD in Scotland, but later being discouraged from continuing her academic career. Is this the experience of others, or have times changed and are disabled researchers mainstreamed, as it were?
05 December 2012
Categories: career, development, support, role models, practical tips
Importance of attention to detail
Much of what we write on the web can be found for years to come as a result of indexing. Isn't it therefore wise to be careful of how ones persona is presented in case our writings and musings and rants are found by potential future employers?
20 December 2012
Categories: career, development, short term contracts, practical tips
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