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Category Archives: My services
What is “research”?
Back in late January and early February, Rohan Maitzen published a few very thoughtful posts about what counts are research, the apparent conflict between research and teaching, and related issues. The title of one of these posts was “When is … Continue reading
Posted in My services, Research, Work Habits
Tagged coaching, reading, research, Rohan Maitzen, scholarship
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Academia is not a world apart
Most of the time when I sit down to write posts, I have a particular audience in mind. Most of my clients are tenured or tenure-track academics in the social sciences and humanities, or the equivalent. Sometimes I have specific … Continue reading
Posted in Career Planning, My services
Tagged academic labour market, Conscious Careers, non-academic careers, Twitter
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The downside of goals
Your goal gives purpose to your life right now. That’s a good thing. It enables you to do all the small, sometimes menial, things that bring you closer to reaching that goal.
You expect to feel elated when you achieve your goal. But you might feel adrift, purposeless. From the perspective of having achieved the goal, it’s purpose might even seem inadequate. Continue reading
Posted in Career Planning, My services
Tagged Conscious Careers, goals, happily ever after, PhD, purpose
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mid-career blahs
A big topic of conversation in the higher education media is the mismatch between secure academic positions (tenure-track jobs if you are in North America) and the number of PhDs being awarded. A recent article in the Chronicle of Higher … Continue reading
SSHRC IDG deadline is closer than it appears
February seems ages away. Maybe you are looking at the SSHRC Insight Development Grant and thinking “Hmmm, maybe I should apply.” If that’s the stage you’re at. It’s already too late. If you have been working on it and have … Continue reading
Posted in Funding, My services
Tagged essays, exams, grading, grants, Insight Development Grant, SSHRC
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