Deciding to Apply for a PhD
Rachel Jones -
Doctoral Decisions To open this blog post series, I have decided to start at the very beginning by addressing your decision to apply for a PhD. Managing your Masters workload…
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The Best Book of Quotes: Famous Quotes for Life and Happiness
Ricardo Roque Mateos -
Pay attention because this is one of those useful professional secrets I share with you 😀 As a teacher, when you are in a class and you are choosing topics…
Mary Bennet’s Hollywood ending: a feminist ending?
Maria Seijo-Richart -
On the 8th March, International Women’s Day, I wish to pay homage to one of my favourite heroines of literature: Mary Bennet from Pride and Prejudice. I discovered Jane Austen…
The Best Teacher I Know: David Attenborough
Ricardo Roque Mateos -
Credit where credit is due 🙂 It’s always good to find inspiration in others, because it offers us the chance to be influenced by examples that are highly positive. My…
Academic ‘Resolutions’
Caroline Magennis -
It’s no secret that I love this time of year. For those of us who have taken jobs away from our families, it is a great joy to be able…
Ch-ch-ch-changes
Caroline Magennis -
Since I graduated with my PhD in 2008, the landscape of Higher Education in the UK seems to have been continually shifting. As a academic job hunter you try your…
Preparing A Cultural Exposition
Ricardo Roque Mateos -
If you teach subjects such as Languages, Literature or History, you might feel inclined to prepare cultural activities once in a while. There are practical reasons for this… It’s good…
Spanish Studies
Ricardo Roque Mateos -
This field has three main areas where you should be proficient: Language, Literature and History. The explanation is quite simple. It’s impossible to teach a language at a university level…
Arts and/ or Sciences: how to solve the riddle of the sphinx
Maria Seijo-Richart -
When I was in high school, the Spanish education system required fifteen-year-old students to choose between three options: from then on, they would study Ciencias [Maths and Science subjects], Letras…
Everything I did wrong…
Caroline Magennis -
…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…
