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Competencies needed for collaboration

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Use our decision tree to find out what competencies are needed and how they can be developed at each stage in the collaboration process. Our top tips for successful collaborations across disciplinary and geographic boundaries are: Understand the characteristics of collaboration – formal and informal and identify which you seek Identify the competencies you will…>

Making Academic Collaboration Work

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In their 2012 paper, ‘The how and why of academic collaboration: disciplinary differences and policy implications’, Lewis, Ross and Holden argued that there was a useful distinction to be made between collaboration (lowercase c) and Collaboration (capital C). The idea is that, whether we recognize it formally or not, almost all academics engage in the…>

The immigration toolkit for international PhD students

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Immigration adviser Jo Holliday explores the options for PhD students from outside the European Union who want to stay in the UK to look for work, start work or set up in business. These include some of the better known routes under the UK Points Based System (PBS) as well as some of the other…>

Digital identity health check for academics

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There are many benefits of having an online profile as an academic and this ebook will guide you through how to perform a ‘health check’ on your own digital presence. Digital tools and social media offer new channels to enhance your work and its reach. You can: Make new connections and collaborate across geographic boundaries…>

PhD Vlog Week 2: Abigail Robertson

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Meet our vlogger Abigail Robertson a second-year PhD student in Medieval Studies at the University of New Mexico. In week 2 Abigail shares tips leading up to a presentation as well as insight into doing a PhD in America. Ready to start your PhD journey? Search for PhDs here

Working as Librarians

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What do librarians do? The profession once known as ‘librarianship’ has now taken on many different names, and consequently, the role of librarians has also changed in some cases. No longer are librarians simply the custodians of shelves of books, but they also have to look after electronic resources too. So, some librarian posts are…>

Post PhD, Where Do I Go From Here?

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This article focuses on a difficult time in every academic’s career: what to do post PhD. Congratulations, you have had your viva and your PhD has been awarded, it feels as though you are at the end of a huge journey. However, it is also a time of uncertain futures. There are many paths open…>