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Deciding to do phd

Deciding to Apply for a PhD

Rachel Jones - February 25, 2019

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 - July 28, 2017

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 - March 9, 2017

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 - March 7, 2017

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 - December 21, 2015

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 - December 7, 2015

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…

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Preparing A Cultural Exposition

Ricardo Roque Mateos - November 26, 2015

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…

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Spanish Studies

Ricardo Roque Mateos - October 30, 2015

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 - October 25, 2015

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…

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Everything I did wrong…

Caroline Magennis - October 21, 2015

…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…

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