Our in-depth interview with full time consultant and entrepreneur, Rob Johnson continues. Last week we focused on the early days of creating a consultancy company. This week, we learn more…
Communication, Communication, Communication
Our correspondent, Christopher Ferguson asks: What role does Higher Education have to play in the current political climate? And he shares his ideas in answer to that question. If I…
Finding Your People: Mentors, Collaborators, and Guardian Angels
Who do you need? It is not always easy to get by in the academic world, especially when you are just starting out. I’m not one to normally question Simon…
Revisiting and reviving “homeless” journal papers
As Twitter’s Academic Writing Month (#AcWriMo) draws to a close, our correspondent Sarah Wayland writes about journal papers that remain unpublished, due to being unsubmitted or rejected. What does it take for such homeless journal papers to be published…
Got (or getting) your PhD? Great! But, how likely are you to land an academic job?
This guest blogpost by piirus.ac.uk member Doug Rocks-Macqueen looks at estimated numbers to enhance our understanding of the academic job availability across the disciplines in the UK. Academic jobs— PhD…
I got a PhD: Now what? Discovering the post-phd career landscape
I’m not the only one living in this situation, right? The setting is simple: you have invested three to five years to get your bachelor degree. Then you became part…
A Post PhD Career Journey in 3 Parts. Part Three: Looking for Opportunity
In this final blogpost of a trilogy (read part one and part two first!), Dr Christopher Ferguson tells of his latest career direction, and how he has been able to…
On small goodnesses
A few Sundays ago, I spent the afternoon with a colleague making felt animals to match the story ‘Dear Zoo’. All of this was done on a steep learning curve…
Collaborating on an international scale: our tips
For those convening a virtual meeting, it helps to send out an email with the link for team members to join later if they miss the call: sometimes people can’t…
Brexit and the UK researcher: an uncertain path
Prior to the EU referendum, Nature surveyed nearly a thousand researchers in the UK, the vast majority of which felt Brexit would be “very harmful” to UK Science. Wherever you…