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    Post PhD Profile; Sarah Research Associate and Founder of Figures First Consulting


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A year in full time academia

Posted On June 5, 2021

I have been a full time online lecturer for a year now. I can’t believe that it has been a year, and I can’t believe I started my post-PhD academic …


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A one-size fits all approach to careers…

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We are all individual people. Even things that for a long time have been accepted as being ‘one size fits all’ are starting to change. Such as how scientists are …


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Forming an identity in academia

April 8, 2021

One of the unexpected challenges I have faced during my first year post-phd in academia is knowing how to form my own academic identity. After spending five years (honours included) …


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It has been a year since we purchased a little townhouse in a suburb that we love! We have been doing a lot to the house, including a full kitchen …


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Featured Day in the life of: Kendra, PhD candidate in Toxicology

March 24, 2021

Hi! My name is Kendra Prutton, AKA @toxtalks_! I currently live in Denver, Colorado and I am a Toxicology PhD candidate at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. I am …


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Curiosity killed the cat, but fuels academia

March 11, 2021

While curiosity killed the cat, curiosity fuels academia. Academia is an incredible profession where amongst the administration, the student complaints, the tedious grant writing, and the journal rejections, you get …


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Early Career Academic Supervisor Tips

March 8, 2021

I am relatively new to supervising research students. I have had one completed honours student, who I am now supervising in a PhD, and this year I have 6 honours …


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Work Update

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‘Research Managed’: Keeping on top of the literature

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One of the biggest shifts I have noticed going from PhD student to Early Career Academic, is that I no longer feel immersed in my research area. New papers come …


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Early Career Academic Crisis?

February 14, 2021

Is there such a thing as an Early Career Academic Crisis? Because if so I think I may be in it. Crisis is perhaps too extreme of a word, adjustment is …

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