Great jobs for bright people
January was an especially dark month for the arts and entertainment world. On the 29th, we lost French nouvelle vague filmmaker Jacques Rivette. His very personal style allowed actors to…
I am one of those guys who love strategy games, have a special edition of Sun Tzu and could quote it by heart 😀 As in everything else… I have…
…while hunting for an academic job. For five years I was employed in a variety of (most welcome) short term contracts, and I interviewed the length and breadth of the…
I thought it would be a good idea to share a resource that could give a boost to your CV without too much hassle. Usually when we finish a PhD…
This year, my best friends and I turned forty years old. In the times of Jane Austen, this would have meant we were old ladies. In the twenty-first century, we…
‘You get the summer off, right? Go on loads of holidays, yeah?’ I imagine you’ve been asked this once or twice, and you’ve rolled your eyes so hard you pulled…
When I became a student of Creative Writing in 2007 the pedagogue within me broke through. I came into contact with good teacher-writers, but as a teacher myself I was…
What a difference a day makes? Today is 5th June, 2012. Here you are, at your university, with a gigantic bundle of paper in your arms. You enter the department,…
I have always hated to rely on technology. Maybe it is because I grew up in a place where computers and electric devices never seemed to work properly, and repairs…
Giving a lecture is not very dissimilar to a performance. In both activities, it is not only important what you say, but how you deliver it. Your movements, your body…
