Category Archives: Skills

How to Look Busy in Academia

How to Look Busy Not sure people think you’re working hard enough? Want to seem more important? It’s about time academia took a few lessons from the rest of the world, so follow this simple guide for how to look busy in academia. Inspired by Lifemanship and scientmanship – an idea of Peter Medewar. 1.… Read More »

Keep track of your finances with this budget spreadsheet

“Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen [pounds] nineteen [shillings] and six [pence], result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery.” Charles Dickens, David Copperfield The first stage in getting on top of your finances is to see exactly where your money goes. You can’t do this accurately… Read More »

Transferring Skills to Outside Academia

Transferable Skills – Not Always Easy to Spot When your time in academia comes to an end, it can be difficult to see what transferable skills you have that might be of interest to potential employers. Who cares that you’re the best in your group at preparing samples, who cares that you’ve done more helium… Read More »