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University careers
January 2020
UK academics must stand up to stop universities becoming sweatshops
Steven Jones
Employment practices akin to dubious fashion outlets mean qualified professionals are used as poorly paid casual labour
October 2019
Temporary work at £9 an hour. No wonder lecturers are balloting to strike
Feelings are running high, union warns, with more than half of UK academics on short-term contracts
October 2018
Jumpin’ jets, a woman! Call to update children’s books with female academics
Dr Frankenstinker, Professor Branestawm … How can little girls become academics when all the role models are men?
September 2016
University marketers: try making your message more Snapchatty
Snapchat is quick, informal and hugely popular. Use it to bring your students together to share experiences and celebrate triumphs
August 2016
Universities are tracking their students. Is it clever or creepy?
Learning analytics are becoming increasingly popular for improving learning and cutting drop-out rates – but critics question the impact on privacy
May 2016
Don't turn student recruitment into a battle of the sexes
Carole Easton
More women attend university than men, and perform better when they are there. But their job prospects are still worse
Balancing act: we need engineers in research, not just in industry
Richard France
The problem of the UK’s engineering shortage is well known, but the answer could lie in guiding more brilliant minds towards academia
Changing career into higher education
Switching it up: quitting big business to become an academic
What drives people to give up successful (and lucrative) careers to enter academia? We spoke to three career-changers to find out
April 2016
How to juggle a full-time job and a part-time PhD
Why women's workspaces are a feminist issue
Laurie Cohen
How to help autistic students succeed at university
Doing a PhD is as tough as training for a marathon - and I'm doing both
Catrin Owen
March 2016
Fundraising brings universities more than just money. Here's how to do it well
Eric Thomas
Follow the leaders: the best social media accounts for academics
Live Q&A: how far have we come on gender equality in HE?
Student mental health: a new model for universities
February 2016
Academics anonymous
PhD vivas are unfair and I am paying the price
Anonymous Academic
How to increase your impact with academic social media
How the government wants you to implement Prevent
How to force metrics to take feelings into account
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