Breadcrumbs
- Home
- Postgraduate researchers
- What’s up doc? blog for postgraduate researchers
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.
Digital researcher assignment
Our group task for digital researcher event is to mount an exhibition on what it means to be a digital researcher. As it is a group effort, this distils a LOT of discussion. Here it is...
20 February 2012
Categories: practical tips
A rift between disciplines?
In a Science editorial, Gottfried Schatz argues that a rift is forming between different specialties in biology, in analogy with the rift that may have formed between the sciences and the humanities a long time ago. Is that the case and should we be doing something about it?
10 February 2012
Categories: Research, career, development, Community
Job opportunity with Research Councils UK
Research Councils UK is currently recruiting for a Policy Manager to join their Public Engagement with Research team.
03 February 2012
Categories: career
MIT launches free online 'fully automated' course - BBC News
This is a BBC article about a free MIT course that is part of an overall plan of theirs for in depth online learning. The first course to be made available is in Electronics.
14 February 2012
Categories: Learning, development, training
Are you a visual learner?
This post doesn’t really do what it says on the tin…. A collection of research related visuals.
03 February 2012
Categories:
Whose responsibility is it anyway?
Whose job is it to ensure that data are backed up in case of disaster striking? And who is expected to be responsible for ensuring that hazards are reported in order to prevent a disaster from striking?
03 February 2012
Categories: practical tips
Fancy a career in Medical Communications? Careers event and job opportunity
02 February 2012
Categories: Research, career, development, research staff, training, support, CVs
10 Things They Don't Tell You Before You Begin Your PhD
Have you embarked on your 1st year doctoral training with a feeling of relief that finally you have a 'job' and are earning some quids to fend for yourself? Fantastic! But, there are a few things you will realise only once you have started.
31 January 2012
Categories: Learning, Research, career, development, training, support, practical tips
Internal candidates - advantage or a curse?
Is it easier to apply for a job if you're an internal candidate or is it harder when you can't turn up with a clean slate?
28 January 2012
Categories: career, research staff, practical tips
Apple facts anyone?
I am taking part in another science day at a primary school and am trying a new (for me) approach: Two of us are dressing up and handing out pieces of apple, while bantering with each other and the children (and parents?) hopefully coming up to us about all the science to do with apples. The idea behind the approach is that ‘Science is everywhere’. Any ideas to add to our repertoire of facts? Has anyone have experience of this sort of thing?
22 January 2012
Categories:
