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Welcome to Postdoc Solutions, literally the home of solutions to challenges faced by people just like you – last-year PhD students, early-career postdocs and fellows, and mid-career academics.
If you’re facing a challenge (hmm…think job security, supervisor issues, no research funding, ambivalence about the academic ‘game’, or expectations that you’ll be a productivity machine…), you’re not alone.
We’ve got courses and coaching on hand to help get you back on track, or to excel in your role. Whatever you need and wherever you find yourself, Postdoc Solutions has got you covered.
The measurement of research impact is a hot topic in Australian academic circles. But let’s not for a moment think it’s a new concern. While dipping into Peter Drucker’s The Effective Executive recently (a classic written some 50 years ago), I was interested, but not surprised, to read a similar concern about the…
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I distinctly remember the end of major grant rounds this year. Right on cue, I developed a chest infection, and was up to my eyeballs in application reviews at work. And then suddenly, like a storm, the deadline for the last major scheme came – and went. That night, thoroughly spent, I fell into…
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In the transition from PhD student to aspiring postdoc, my mentor said something I’ll never forget: ‘your PhD isn’t a job ticket’. What she meant was: an attitude of entitlement to research funding, or an academic job, misses the point. Over the years I’ve realised it’s one of the major mistakes newly-minted PhDs seeking…
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