Archive for March 2018
The institutional narrative is your bridge
I was recently coaching a client – a female early career researcher in the visual arts – who lamented that her circumstances made her track record of outputs and achievements ‘completely uncompetitive and hopeless’. It was a statement full of frustration and anger, but I wanted to share it with you here because it highlights…
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When I was in the late stages of my PhD and a total novice at grant writing, my approach was entirely personal and emotional. Am I good enough? What will they think of my idea? How competitive is the scheme (read: am I good enough for this?). But the more I rubbed shoulders with…
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