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In Academia, Pats on the Back are Rare
How are you doing? I don’t mean either mentally or physically, but are you keeping up with the Jones’? Are you doing as well as you should for the stage of career you’re at, and how do you know? The … Continue reading
What Should You Be Doing Now?
One of the questions you ought not to pose to someone – be it a mentor, supervisor or sponsor – is ‘what should I do?’ Because, the answer has to be: ‘that’s up to you’. There is no uniquely right … Continue reading
Posted in Careers
Tagged advice, Jane Clarke, mentors, multi-tasking
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Getting Away from the Toxic Lab
The journal PLoS Computational Biology recently published an article Ten simple rules towards healthier research labs. Written by a PI it was obviously aimed largely at those who might be just setting out with their own groups, but clearly any … Continue reading
Is the THE aiming for clickbait?
Just before Christmas on Twitter I came across a survey being run by the THE asking THE is running a survey about whether women should champion other women in academic careers. What do you think? I duly went to this … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Uncategorized, Women in Science
Tagged academic sisterhood, early career researchers, mentors
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Do you have a sponsor? (Do you need one?)
I have been reading the book by Sylvia Ann Hewlett on sponsorship: (Forget a Mentor) Find a Sponsor. Sylvia very kindly gave me a copy of this book when I met her in March where we were both talking at … Continue reading
