Apply for positions in the aerospace or computer science industry These positions offer the option to work in an area
other than academia.
Laura Weingartner, a graduate researcher in evolutionary ecology at Indiana University, agreed: «Few universities (specifically the faculty advisors) know how to train students for anything
other than academia, which leaves many students hopeless when, inevitably, there are no jobs in academia for them.»
The majority of those surveyed use the internet to locate opportunities and research careers so with that in mind, here are ten of my career - related blogs to help you to wish for something else
other than academia:
Not exact matches
«It is pathetic to read and watch the way the Christian faith is often attacked by some folks in the media and
academia relentlessly» Do you mean the say way that those who aren't on board with Christians or any
other religion one chooses not to follow is deemed lesser a person and more
than often chastised for not being like you?
Labour politicians are just no good at running things — most have even less real - world experience of anything
other than politics or
academia than even the Tories.
The program encourages them to return to a place
other than their Ph.D. institution, because «the foundation is also trying to be sure that those young scientists who are returning... are free to work and free to collaborate,» something that the remaining hierarchy in Polish
academia doesn't always allow, Żylicz says.
Life at the Bottleneck by Ruth Müller, 26 October 2012 Upon realizing, as a scholar of science and technology studies, that success and failure in
academia depend on more
than personal effort, Ruth Müller made it a point to identify
other potential interests and fields of occupation to increase her resilience to career anxieties.
Academia now serves as a «training ground» rather
than a career destination for the great majority of scientists, with work in industry, government, or
other nonacademic employers the «new norm.»
Although networking opportunities with
other scientists might be fewer in large pharmaceutical companies
than they are in
academia, the opportunity to publish postdoctoral research results is offered by some, but not all pharmaceutical companies.
Although a career in
academia requires focus and values your development as a researcher far above any
other interests, if you want to keep your post-PhD options open, you will need to have more to offer
than the wan complexion and weary air that experimental science can give.
«Interest in
other careers or posts [outside
academia] were less important factors
than challenges in getting a suitable or tenured research post,» the report says.
She sees the surrounding conditions as better in industry
than in
academia: There's a lot of support from
other research groups, ordered chemicals and equipment actually come in time, and the help desk is actually able to help — in short, luxury all around.
However, Ray said, women of color are more likely
than other students to report having secondary advisers who respect their ideas and teach them how to navigate
academia.
More
than 50 representatives from patient advocacy organizations and
other nonprofits, biopharmaceutical and medical device companies,
academia and government agencies participated.
While the demands of
academia can often feel more intense
than a full - time job, some
other commitments are of equal importance.
Louder
Than a Bomb DVD Review by Kam Williams Rhyme Doc Chronicles Chicago Poetry Slam Does the hip - hop style of rhyming and its down - to - earth subject - matter about life in the «hood deserve the same respect as the classical couplets of Keats and
other lofty lyricists whose work benefits from ivory - towered
academia's stamp of approval?
Three scholars and friends with a common understanding of
academia as a platform where assumptions and myths are challenged rather
than maintained thought that it was time to start to explore theoretical contributions
other than those coming from the Western part of the world.
The two were found guilty in April of misappropriating more
than $ 200,000 in public funds, embezzlement and
other charges when they operated the independent charter, Ivy
Academia, in West Hills.
Earlier this year, NHTSA held five regional safety summits throughout the country and at headquarters in Washington D.C. Six hundred fifty individuals from more
than 100 organizations participated in the summits, including professionals from government,
academia, advocacy organizations, public health agencies, and
others.
In this Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology on «High Density Lipoproteins — from biological understanding to clinical exploitation» contributing authors (members of COST Action BM0904 / HDLnet) summarize in more
than 20 chapters our current knowledge on the structure, function, metabolism and regulation of HDL in health and several diseases as well as the status of past and ongoing attempts of therapeutic exploitation.The book is of interest to researchers in
academia and industry focusing on lipoprotein metabolism, cardiovascular diseases and immunology as well as clinical pharmacologists, cardiologists, diabetologists, nephrologists and
other clinicians interested in metabolic or inflammatory diseases...
Seems to me in hindsight that some prominent properties of current sceptics include — worked many years evaluating technical reports, commonly to approve or reject budget requests from
others — many from industry or military rather
than academia — careers that promote you for delivering the goods, like making profit — worked in positions requiring accountability — often with a degree in humanities as well as science / engineering, allowing interest in social conduct — education more often degrees short of PhD — old enough to have gained some wisdom — realistic about the horror of climategate and its whitewashes — appreciative of the rigour and good spirit of Climate Audit
When the skeptic side is forced to function with no funding (relatively speaking, and also in absolute terms much of the time), is it any wonder that
academia sees little high quality work from any
other than the «approved» perspective?
She has probably got a very much larger range of contacts with those outside of science and
academia through this, her blog
than has just about any
other climate scientists that currently has a high profile such as Judith rightly has.
In
academia, you may get rewarded for bringing in grants, but there is still resistance to «judging» some to be better
than others, and thus resistance to skin in the game.
«Some people have deemed the skills shortage the result of an education system that has failed to prepare young people for working life, while
others describe it as a symptom of employer efforts to shift the burden of training employees onto
academia rather
than investing in it themselves.