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Research in foreign Lands: Part II- the cherishable experience

November 21, 2018 by Nazia Nasir

In the first part, I discussed some of the challenges that scholars face when moving to a foreign country for their research. But it’s not all that bad, once the…

What you need to know before you get that first lectureship position

October 10, 2018 by Jenson Lim

[NB: the author is a lecturer at a Scottish university in the field of biological sciences and writes from that perspective]  So, this is it – after several years of…

How can we help academic colleagues to stay healthy? Experience & ideas

August 1, 2017 by Luana Chiquetto

Recently, I wrote about mental health in academia. I said that we need to talk about mental health, and our struggles with it, so we can end the stigma. I…

How I found out, how NOT to be an academic

June 28, 2017 by Kathy McKay

Recently I’ve been following the narrative about working hours in academia. What we talked about on the blog, and what you told us in a Twitter poll. What the brilliant…

Mental Health in Academia: Lets talk about it.

June 19, 2017 by Luana Chiquetto

Let’s talk about mental health in academia. I know we sometimes don’t like to talk about it much. We’d rather talk about anything else than talk about mental health –…

Keep on running: what inspires PhD students to become runners?

June 12, 2017 by Heather Griffiths

If you run, you are a runner. It doesn’t matter how fast or how far. It doesn’t matter if today is your first day or if you’ve been running for…

Life after PhD: a satisfying career outside of academia?

May 31, 2017 by Andrew Clappison

Our regular correspondent has a fascinating and inspiring interview story to share: read on for an example of life after PhD. You might not be inspired by academia, but can…

Are you procrastinating? Or opening yourself to inspiration…

May 19, 2017 by Jenny Delasalle

The other week, I spotted a tweet, which inspired me to write this blogpost on procrastination: It is a story that is very familiar to me: I, too, fight my…

Relocation, relocation, relocation: The art of moving

April 25, 2017 by Luana Chiquetto

Our correspondent in Brazil shares her experiences of relocation and offers helpful tips as well as motivational thoughts. I just recently moved to a new city again. We all know…

Working 5 to 9: how many hours are enough?

April 18, 2017 by Heather Griffiths

How many hours would you say you work a week? We’ve talked a lot about managing workloads lately on our blog, from imagining an alternative academic career to productivity hacks,…

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