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The Myth of Academic Stardom

By Daniel Nehring | Published: May 14, 2013

The recent and on-going reforms of higher education are enforcing an individualisation of academic labour. That academics would gamely play along with such a system is astonishing.

Also posted in Featured, Higher Education Reform, Impact | Tagged academic branding, Branding, Corporatization, doctorates, individualization, labor, labour, REF, reform, social science, sociology | Leave a comment

Stand Out and Be Counted: Quantitative Skills and Social Scientists

By British Academy | Published: May 2, 2013

The British Academy recently published a guide for students encouraging those studying the humanities and social sciences to become statistically savvy.

Also posted in Higher Education Reform, Impact, Interdisciplinarity, News, Public Policy, Research Methods | Tagged business, ESRC, HEFCE, journalism, Politics, public sector, Quantitative skills, social science, statistics, The British Academy | 1 Comment

Using Quantitative Skills in Business

By British Academy | Published: May 1, 2013

Quantitative Skills (QS) can make you highly employable across many industries. Find out from these two entrepreneurs how their QS helped them succeed in the private sector.

Also posted in Research Methods | Tagged British Academy, business, early career, James Daunt, Joe Twyman, PhD skills, statistics | 1 Comment

Working Outside of Academia does Not Mean I Sold Out!

By Sarah-Louise Quinnell | Published: April 2, 2013

I have argued repeatedly that Social Scientists have a lot to offer sectors outside of the Ivory Tower and it is time we stopped associating this with negative words like failure and selling out.

Also posted in Featured, Public Engagement | Tagged alternative careers, early career, outside academia, rogue scholar | Leave a comment

‘I’m a graduate student, get me out of here!’

By Greg White | Published: March 8, 2013

Taking a break from research

Also posted in News | Tagged anxiety, Dissertation, Early Career Researchers, getting a phd, Grad School, PhD, stress, Thesis | Leave a comment

How Does Sociology Feel?

By Daniel Nehring | Published: February 19, 2013

Just as it is insufficiently recognised in public debates, the emotional side of forced flexibility in academic labour does not appear to be a major topic of conversation among established sociologists

Also posted in Featured, Higher Education Reform, International Debate, News | Tagged Academic Job Market, Academic Job Search, Casualisation, casualised labor, Instability, Job Anxiety, Job Market, Job Search, social science, sociology, Temporary Contract | 2 Comments

Job Search 2.0: Breaking the Silence

By Roopika Risam | Published: February 18, 2013

If we don’t discuss the job search as anything more than a painful memory, we add to the mystique of gaining academic employment, isolating ourselves in the process.

Also posted in Featured, Higher Education Reform, News | Tagged Academic Jobs, Academic Labor Rights, Capitalism, Early Career Researchers, How to get an academic job, Job Search, Labor Rights, Managerialism, race in academia | 5 Comments

Can We Make College Cheaper?

By Pacific-Standard Magazine | Published: February 15, 2013

The authors of “Why Does College Cost So Much?” take a look at the root causes and determine that we can reduce the price of higher education, but not dramatically.

Also posted in Academic Funding, Higher Education Reform | Tagged austerity, Class, Cost of College, Higher Education Reform, Research Costs, social science, State Funding, Tuition, tuition fees, university | Leave a comment

Balancing Independence with Support

By Sarah-Louise Quinnell | Published: February 3, 2013

How much autonomy do we have as Early Career Researchers?

Also posted in Featured | Tagged autonomy, Early Career Aademics, Early Research Career, independence, mentor, Post-doc, support | 1 Comment

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