Career Development for STEMM researchers
Dr Louise Plumtree is a general practitioner (GP) in the UK, who qualified after a first career in local government and a break as a full-time mum. Here I interview Louise about her experience of getting into medical school later in life with the challenges and rewards that it brings. Question 1: What were you … Read more
Morning badasses! In this penultimate part of the series I explore how researchers can sometimes reach a point of ambivalence towards their academic employment situation. Feelings of failure, shame and a lack of knowledge about how their skill set could be utilised in other employment sectors, leaves many researchers feeling they need to stick it … Read more
Happy Tuesday everyone, the week before last I gave you my career story in brief and highlighted three areas where I had experienced feelings of being trapped in my role as an academic researcher. That marked the beginning of a series of posts that I’ll write about what compels people to stay in the academic … Read more