September 9, 2016 Oh, the Humanities! By Alice Violett The humanities get a bad rap. Continue reading →
September 2, 2016 Fighting the Summer Blues, 2016 Edition By Alice Violett Long-term readers will be aware that I am not good at summer. Continue reading →
August 26, 2016 Graduate earnings aren’t a valid measure of anything By Alice Violett Today, I will mostly be ranting about the use of graduate earnings to evaluate how good a course/university is. Continue reading →
August 19, 2016 Seven Misconceptions about People with PhDs By Alice Violett 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. Continue reading →
August 12, 2016 Work To Live, or Live To Work? By Alice Violett I’m almost at the end of week five of jobsearching. Continue reading →
August 5, 2016 A Love Letter to Twitter By Alice Violett Academic Twitter is abuzz about an article from The Guardian that suggests 'serious academics' don't do social media. Continue reading →
July 29, 2016 Fear of being judged By Alice Violett 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' Continue reading →
July 22, 2016 Two weeks on: alright for now By Alice Violett It’s two weeks today since I submitted my thesis. Continue reading →
July 8, 2016 Thesis Submitted. By Alice Violett I submitted my thesis this morning. Continue reading →
July 1, 2016 One week to go: familiarity breeds contempt By Alice Violett Well, submission day seems very close now. I may actually have to start considering which pub(s) to go to that evening. Continue reading →