This is an anonymous article from a PhD student at a UK University. Doing a PhD is rarely a linear process. The people who finish
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Author: ananonymousscientist
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I can’t strike; am I borrowing from everyone else’s future?
This is an anonymous piece from someone working in a United Kingdom Higher Education institution. At the moment, November-December 2019, the UCU (University and College
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Be kinder to yourself
I have spent the majority of my working life as a lecturer and senior lecturer in a mid-ranking university and being reasonably successful in most