jobs.ac.uk - Great jobs for bright people
  • Find a Job
  • Find PhDs
  • Career Advice
  • Jobs by Email
  • Blog
  • Recruiters
  • Your Account
  • Academic Life
  • All Things Research
  • Career Advice
  • Just Higher-Ed
  • PhD
  • More
    • PhD Advice
    • Post-PhD Life
    • Real Life PhD Student
    • Research
    • TEFL Journey
  • Archive

blog.jobs.ac.uk

Great jobs for bright people

Category > Social Sciences
Blog Article 700 x 500

5 Reasons why you should attend Careers in Asia 2019

jobs.ac.uk careers - April 18, 2019

We understand the amount of work that needs to go into finding the right opportunities, as well as how hard it can be to get the information you need when…

photo 1484678980398 677e78b8407a

Two Jobs, One Mission: The Rise in Student Mental Health

Aisling Carey - February 19, 2018

It’s no secret that Mental Health is a consistent emerging theme making itself comfy in our daily conversations. Whether it’s being voiced through the media, addressed by parliament or simply…

Going digital: How to communicate and showcase your skills

Emma Monaghan - March 25, 2015

I had the pleasure of attending a thought-provoking workshop hosted by jobs.ac.uk and Piirus on the topic of being a digital academic at the University of Warwick. One of the speakers was…

Making Your Mark: Academia, Social Media and Employability

Libby Watson - March 24, 2015

The title of this blog has been lifted from an informative, candid and thought-provoking talk delivered by Dr Nadine Muller, Lecturer in English Literature and Cultural History at Liverpool John Moores…

Making the most of conferences

Lily Canter - November 11, 2014

Each year academics make a plea to their head of department or head of research for funding to attend conferences at home or abroad. These can be events run by…

The summer research To Do list

Lily Canter - July 31, 2014

Let’s face it. Academics have a long summer break. Once the exam boards are over and modules are planned for the year ahead there is a good wedge of time…

Co-authoring with students

Lily Canter - June 10, 2014

Each year I supervise and mark dozens of undergraduate dissertations of varying quality and every once in a while a student comes up with a gem. Where I currently work…

Beware the predatory publisher

Lily Canter - April 1, 2014

Academic journals are becoming big business leading to the rise of the ‘predatory’ publisher. One of the unfortunate side effects of the open access journal drive is that it has…

The hunt for literature

Lily Canter - March 4, 2014

For early career researchers or postgraduates starting a PhD one of the first things to think about is where to find reading material. A quick Google is unlikely to find…

Breaking the publishing barrier

Lily Canter - January 31, 2014

As a PhD student my main focus was on getting the damn thing finished – as quickly as possible as far as I was concerned. But whilst doing my fieldwork…

    Career advice

    Career advice

    Write for us

    Write for us

    jobs.ac.uk
    • Find a Job
    • |
    • Find PhDs
    • |
    • Career Advice
    • |
    • Jobs by Email
    • About Us
    • |
    • Contact Us
    • Terms of use
    • |
    • Privacy Policy
    • |
    • Cookie Policy
    • |
    • Accessibility Statement
    • Copyright © jobs.ac.uk 1998 - 2022