Today I was on strike. I did not go to the picket line: instead, I caught up on the self-care I haven’t had time for
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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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Spending your own money on work
I was in a car with some friends a few weeks ago and found out that one of them had spent their own money on
Science, surnames and marriage
I got married during my PhD, after I had published my first paper and presented at conferences. I deliberated for years about what to do
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Two Faces of the Same Coin – How We Combated Burn-Out
About the authors Cristina Balaban (Twitter: @cristina_blbn) is an MSci Geography graduate at Durham University. Born and raised in the mountain foothills of Romania, she
I can’t get no sleep
Sleeping has never been my superpower. Unlike the Faithless song, though, I don’t generally spend my insomniac hours tearing off tights with my teeth –