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Impact and Your Research

If you’re an early-career researcher or lecturer the forthcoming Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) may be your first REF round, but it probably won’t be your last. The main way in which the REF will affect early-career academics is in its requirement for outputs (between two and four published outputs for full-time academics with significant responsibility…>

The Importance Of Social Media To Your Academic Visibility

As a tool of academic networking, social media has become an almost indispensable feature of academic life.  It is possible that its importance varies according to your standing within the profession.  For older and more established scholars, some remain reluctant to experiment with social media, believing that their status within the profession is sufficient for…>

Professional Lead and Principal Lecturer in Learning Disability Studies

Paul Maloret: Head of the Centre for Learning Disability Studies (tCLDS), University of Hertfordshire. Paul Maloret My interest in learning disabilities was sparked during work at a summer camp in the US. The camp happened to be a special needs camp and, while I expected to work exclusively in the kitchen, I ended up assisting with…>

Senior Lecturer in Midwifery

Laura Abbott: From Independent Midwife To Senior Lecturer in Midwifery. Laura Abbott Following 5 years of employment as a Registered General Nurse specialising in intensive care, I trained as a Registered Midwife and worked as an independent midwife. In this role, I was responsible for a group of pregnant women who wanted continuity during their pre-and…>

Principal Lecturer in Engineering: from Industry to Academia

  Susan Murray, Principal Lecturer in Engineering: from Industry to Academia. My aunt worked in Engineering: she used to make the original microchips for Motorola, something that I found fascinating when I was a young girl. At School, I managed to get my parents to fight for me to do woodwork and metalwork, instead of…>

From Academia to Private Sector

7 things you need to know There comes a time in the life of a PhD candidate – and even, from time to time, a tenured academic – when it can be worth considering a transition from academic to the private sector. This can be a difficult step, particularly if you have spent years devoting…>

From Academia To Business

The academic CV is unusual in the workplace for its detail, often running to many pages in length. For many academics, their CV is in effect a rolling record that lists every award, publication, conference speech, and module taught. It can be very hard to transform such a comprehensive document into the far more condensed,…>

Working in China as an English Literature Lecturer

This post is based on my own experience of working as an English literature and culture lecturer in one of China’s top universities. My experience may not be the same as those in other universities or regions. My role as an English literature lecturer is much broader than it would be at home. I, therefore,…>

Alternative Career Pathways After Your PhD

What can I do after my PhD? It is a difficult decision for any PhD student on whether to pursue a career in academia or consider alternative careers. In our dedicated live Q&A, we asked a panel of experts who have moved outside of academia, to share their top tips and advice on alternate career…>

Faculty of Biological Science, Dr Nikolas Casewell

Dr Nikolas Casewell, Senior Lecturer and Wellcome Trust & Royal Society Research Fellow. Faculty of Biological Science, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) Dr Nikolas Casewell As a child, I was interested in animals and loved watching nature documentaries on TV. I was generally good at science at school, and studying Biology seemed a natural…>