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Research staff blog 2009
Just don't call me a post-doc
I’m a little bit obsessed with the fact that I appear to look younger than I am. After spending my teenage years successfully getting
07 October 2009
Categories: career, research staff
Exploring research in a digital age
I have to admit, if I need to search for academic literature on any given subject, my first port of call is Google Scholar. Although
25 October 2009
Categories: Research
In praise of transition
Lots of thinking about careers is essentially about transitions. How do people move from one stage of their life to the next stage? How d
13 October 2009
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There's No Place Like Home
I have a confession to make… I completed my undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at the same institution, and I have now been a fu
11 October 2009
Career choice or dead end? One long-term research scientist's view of the postdoctoral life
In one month, my contract as a senior researcher in a lively Medicinal Chemistry department will end. I like to think I’ve made a suc
06 November 2009
Categories: Research, career, development, short term contracts, research staff
Vitae Connections: research staff training provision
On Thursday I took part in the Vitae Connections event. It was a practice sharing day for people who deliver experiential learning courses
19 November 2009
Categories: development, training, support
Other blogs on 'researcher development'
This spring, Tristram Hooley published his top ten of blogs that cover researcher development. Now, Tristram writes a lively blog himseld
15 October 2009
Categories: development
A postcard from London
They say a change is as good as a holiday. Well on Thursday, I abandoned my data crunching to spend a day at the Vitae Research Staff
07 November 2009
Categories: research staff, support, UKRSA, Community
Publish or Perish: Reflections on the realities of writing for a journal.
As an early-career researcher, I wanted to kick-start my professional development by writing up my MSc research for a peer-reviewed journal
30 November 2009
Categories: career, development, practical tips
Survey for postdoctoral researchers in the UK
PS. If you are not a postdoctoral researcher, could you forward the message below to the postdocs in your dept? Dear postdoctoral
11 December 2009
Categories: Research, career, development, mobility, short term contracts, research staff, research staff organisation
