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Life in projects: the pros and cons
Have you had the kind of career that involves jumping from one research project to another? Does it allow you to feel you are building a career, or are you frustrated by constantly having to return to the starting line over and over, or develop skills that don’t have much mainstream value?
12 September 2011
Categories: Learning, Research, career, development, mobility, short term contracts, research staff
International collaboration of research staff associations
Main aim of global association or consortium: · Intercommunication; o share ideas, o&
10 November 2011
Categories: career, development, mobility, short term contracts, research staff, research staff organisation, UKRSA
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
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
E-networking and e-learning - how best to make use of it
Has anyone attended online careers fairs, virtual seminars or one-to-one sessions with advisers and would they like to share tips on how to make best use of this?
09 November 2011
Categories: Learning, development, training, support
SET for BRITAIN poster competition (deadline 24 Dec 2011)
SET for BRITAIN aims to support early-stage and early-career researchers by enabling them to present and discuss their ground-breaking research to Parliament
21 November 2011
Categories: career, development, research staff
Beyond the course or workshop?
How do you make sure that you take away the maximum from a course, careers day, workshop or conference that you have attended?
09 November 2011
Categories: Learning, career, development, research staff, support, mentors, practical tips
Researchers: The gap between aspirations and expectations
A survey of postdocs at Imperial found a gap between the career expectations of men and women. It also suggested that after more than four years as a postdoc, researchers were increasingly pessimistic about 'breaking out' to a lectureship position.
09 November 2011
Categories: career, development, mobility, research staff
SET for Britain 2012
The deadline for application for the SET for Britain event in March 2012 will be on 24th December 2011. I would encourage you to apply to attend, it was a very good experience.
10 November 2011
Categories: Research, development, research staff, role models, CVs
Twas the night after... the Vitae Conference
Settled back at home a day later, a few ponderings on the conference and what I learnt
05 November 2011
Categories: development, research staff, research staff organisation, UKRSA, Community
