Early Career

David Williams on ‘The Virus of Racism’ at OBSSR’s Annual Matilda White Riley Event
Event
May 3, 2022

David Williams on ‘The Virus of Racism’ at OBSSR’s Annual Matilda White Riley Event

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As Pandemic Warps Productivity, Early-Career Professors Envision Changes Evaluating Tenure
Higher Education Reform
February 16, 2022

As Pandemic Warps Productivity, Early-Career Professors Envision Changes Evaluating Tenure

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Has COVID Created a ‘Lost Generation’ of Early Career Researchers?
Career
December 15, 2021

Has COVID Created a ‘Lost Generation’ of Early Career Researchers?

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Online Roundtable: What it Means to be an Early Career Researcher as a Woman of Color
Announcements
March 15, 2021

Online Roundtable: What it Means to be an Early Career Researcher as a Woman of Color

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The Academic Conference – and its Discontents

The Academic Conference – and its Discontents

Individuals find it harder to cover conference costs – and departments or research groups have fewer resources to support them. It is not hard to see why there is a sense of grievance. On the other hand, it is not so easy to see what can be done.

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Words Vs. Numbers Social Science in the Commercial World

Words Vs. Numbers Social Science in the Commercial World

I am a Qualitative Social Scientist. I believe in that words tell you more than numbers and the emphasis on numbers in my current working environment has led me to think about why I feel so strongly about the importance of words and what Qualitative Social Science can offer the Commercial world. This leads me to make suggestions for ECRs considering leaving the Academy.

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Oh the humanities: Oxford graduates do well, but what about the rest?

Oh the humanities: Oxford graduates do well, but what about the rest?

A study of 11,000 alumni from the University of Oxford has shown that humanities graduates went on to work in the UK’s major growth sectors. The Oxford study can’t tell us much about the fate of graduates at other universities around the UK. But it does prompt a closer look at the stigma surrounding humanities subjects in the UK.

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TED, Port and Coffee Consciousness

TED, Port and Coffee Consciousness

An early-career researcher takes part in an old practice, and learns some very new ideas.

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The Branded Sociologist: Can We Still Be On Anyone’s Side?

The Branded Sociologist: Can We Still Be On Anyone’s Side?

Sociology is a brand. To survive or even thrive in the academic marketplace, sociology needs to take care of its image. But at what cost?

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Using Quantitative Skills in Business

Using Quantitative Skills in Business

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.

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Working Outside of Academia does Not Mean I Sold Out!

Working Outside of Academia does Not Mean I Sold Out!

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.

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I Have No Time to Think and Write

I Have No Time to Think and Write

The extent to which academics in different situations own their time appears to be closely associated with the distribution of privilege. In an academic world that is elitist one needs to acquire privileges in order to have time.

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