Whilst in graduate school I had the good fortune of having the opportunity to witness two faculty searches unfold, one of which I also got to serve as the graduate student representative on the search committee. Thus, I obtained some absolutely invaluable insight into what is necessary to be competitive to obtain a tenure-track interview [...]
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Getting your PhD: US versus UK – Time to completion
Posted: March 8, 2012 in Academia, Getting your PhD - UK vs US, UK Academia, UK Job AdviceThere are a number of differences in the graduate school experience between the US and the UK. One of the most prominent differences is the amount of time it takes to get a PhD: Time to completion: In the US the time it takes to get a PhD in the biomedical sciences varies widely based [...]
Academic inbreeding in the UK…checking our assumptions
Posted: January 10, 2012 in Academia, UK AcademiaSince coming to the UK I’ve noticed that there is a considerably higher level of academic inbreeding here than I’ve seen in any of the institutions I’ve been at in the US. For example, at my present institution in the UK there are about 4 or 5 faculty members who got their PhD here, did [...]
Given the recent world-wide financial crisis that has been taking place over the last several years, and the current fiscal troubles of both the state governments and the federal government in the US, the last words I thought I would ever hear from an employer were “defined-benefit pension plan”. Apparently, all one has to do [...]
Female Science Professor recently had a post up about the date of April 15th. This is both the dreaded tax filing deadline (unless you live overseas, then it’s June 15th :p) and “Academic D-Day” with respect to graduate students having to decide on their graduate school choices by this day. This graduate student decision date, [...]
