Do postdocs have a use by date?
You’re at a conference volunteering at a career information session for graduates and postgraduates. You sit as part of a panel of...
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Jasmine Janes, Manu Saunders, Sean Tomlinson
- Sep 28, 2017
- 6 min
PART II - Peer Review of Grants: Can the grant peer review experience be improved?
By Dr Jasmine Janes, Dr Manu Saunders & Dr Sean Tomlinson Yesterday we asked if peer review in funding circles was biased, particularly...
Jasmine Janes
- Jun 30, 2017
- 5 min
The Lonesome Postdoc - Part IV: Uprooting (again)
That familiar twinge of excitement that comes with the prospect of starting a new position in a new institution was back! This time I was...
Jasmine Janes
- Jun 13, 2017
- 6 min
The Lonesome Postdoc - Part II: Living like a local... or trying to
People complain about moving all the time. It’s stressful, it’s inconvenient, it can be expensive. Usually, these people are moving a few...
Jasmine Janes
- Jun 7, 2017
- 3 min
The Lonesome Postdoc - Part I: Moving abroad for a position
In 2011 I was in a bad position. My ‘guaranteed’ five-year position fell short when yet another CO2 tank failed on a FACE (climate...
Jasmine Janes
- Jun 7, 2017
- 1 min
The Lonesome Postdoc – blog series
Most days I feel a little like Lonesome George. You know, the tortoise that had no mate or friends. (My friend working on Galapagos...
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