Just Another Panic Monday
One thing people assume about the unemployed is that every day is the same to them. Weekday, weekend, it makes no difference. After ten weeks, I can assure you, that’s not the case.
Oh, the Humanities!
The humanities get a bad rap.
Fighting the Summer Blues, 2016 Edition
Long-term readers will be aware that I am not good at summer.
Graduate earnings aren’t a valid measure of anything
Today, I will mostly be ranting about the use of graduate earnings to evaluate how good a course/university is.
Seven Misconceptions about People with PhDs
It seems that people have a lot of pre-existing ideas about what someone with a PhD is, does, and wants, when we’re actually a pretty diverse lot.
Work To Live, or Live To Work?
I’m almost at the end of week five of jobsearching.
A Love Letter to Twitter
Academic Twitter is abuzz about an article from The Guardian that suggests 'serious academics' don't do social media.
Fear of being judged
Ever since I decided I probably wasn’t going to stay in academia, I’ve been aware that some people will think I’ve ‘failed’ or 'wasted my talents'
Two weeks on: alright for now
It’s two weeks today since I submitted my thesis.
Thesis Submitted.
I submitted my thesis this morning.