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How to introduce yourself as an unemployed researcher

I have at various times of my career been unemployed for short periods. As I mentioned in previous posts, this is a pretty typical part of research as we are almost all hired on short term contracts. Your research might temporarily be on hold and is probably being picked apart by Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 5 years6 December 2017 ago
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“It’ll be good for your CV”

When I was about 13 I started at a new school. Starting a school aged 13 you don’t get a lot of choices about what you get to do, which is fair as I remember me aged 13 and I wouldn’t have trusted me to decide on a sandwich filling, Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 5 years8 November 2017 ago
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Thesis vs. employment: A tale of beans

Whilst doing a PhD occupies an almost definite and unrelenting full-time amount of headspace, it doesn’t necessarily have to take up the physical hours of a full-time job. Many people do their PhDs part-time and work alongside, or some people get jobs during the writing up and corrections stage when Read more…

By Michelle Reeve, 5 years ago
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The disadvantage of being an unemployed academic

Time are tough. We’re not quite at a ‘Mad Max apocalyptic scenario’ tough, but things are tough. Countries around the world have all suffered through austerity and academic institutions everywhere are looking at the offices full of academics and wondering how many they can get rid to save on the heating Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 6 years13 September 2017 ago
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Taking the plunge into unemployment

Recently I lamented about the difficulty of fitting PhD amends around a full time job and life. Well, I’ve found the solution: quit your job and move city. So obvious, right?! It almost sounds like I’m trying to run from my corrections, doesn’t it. In fact it is the complete Read more…

By Michelle Reeve, 6 years11 September 2017 ago
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A discussion about the US election and a rainbow

I’m away at a conference this week, so being the highly organised blogger I am, I had a blog post already prepped for today. But then the US election happened… Now you might not know this but the most contentious cartoon I’ve ever made is of a rainbow pie chart Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 6 years9 November 2016 ago
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