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A Career in Higher Education Means More

jobs.ac.uk careers - February 5, 2020

Since the inception of jobs.ac.uk more than 20 years’ ago, we have had the pleasure of supporting a wide range of academic institutions and individuals across the higher education sector with career opportunities and cost-effective recruitment solutions.

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Professional Services

jobs.ac.uk careers - December 11, 2019

jobs.ac.uk’s new Professional Services campaign message is ‘a career in higher education means more’. We are aiming to highlight the fantastic benefits of working within professional services at universities, to…

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

Jenson Lim - October 10, 2018

[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…

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Is working in the Higher Education sector right for you?

jobs.ac.uk careers - March 22, 2018

  If you’re looking for a new job or want a career change and you’re thinking of working in HE, here’s what you need to know to help you make…

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Higher Education and Twitter: Five things we have learned from Tweeting

Sharon Brookshaw - November 12, 2015

Over the past month, our team has been dipping a tentative foot into the waters of Twitter with a new feed dedicated to research activity, staff and students at our…

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5 Ways A PhD Can Be Useful In A University Support Role

Sharon Brookshaw - September 7, 2015

What possible use could a PhD be to someone in a professional support role? The knowledge you gain over the course of doctoral studies is likely to be niche and…

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Working with challenging or difficult students

Sharon Brookshaw - August 5, 2015

Most of the students that we come into contact with at work are lovely; they are bright, engaged, independent and a pleasure to talk to. The ones that usually stick…

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Writing effective minutes

Sharon Brookshaw - June 8, 2015

Writing minutes seems to be a task that strikes fear into many administrative staff. Do you worry that you won’t be able to concentrate for the length of the meeting,…

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Writing effective agendas

Sharon Brookshaw - May 22, 2015

We have all been in meetings that have over-run, gone off-topic or seemed to achieve nothing at the end of a lot of discussion. Ineffective committees discourage attendance and those…

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Supporting research students as an administrator

Sharon Brookshaw - April 23, 2015

If you are working in a University support role, you will be aware that there are many different types of student on many different courses of varying length, level and…

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