Dr Vic

Diversity Promotes your Career

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Happy new year! I recently stumbled across a new initiative that I thought you might be interested in; a non-for-profit focusing on improving diversity in science: The Royal Society and The University of Westminster have provided a business case that demonstrates diversity is essential for delivering excellence in science. The study found that career progression … Read more

Academic CVs that get Noticed

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In recent weeks, people have reached out to me, asking about the best way to secure academic research posts, including PhD and postdoc positions. So, this week I thought I’d touch on this. The first thing you need to get right, is to produce an academic CV that gets itself on the ‘yes’ pile.   … Read more

Bad Bosses and How to Handle them

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Thanks again for all the fantastic feedback you’ve provided about your career issues. In this first post following your comments, I’m going to deal with one of the most common problems you raised, which was the tricky subject of how to deal with problems associated with your supervisor/boss.  This is clearly a very pressing problem … Read more