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Part time PhD - how to finish?
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PHD self funded without undergraduate degree
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AI-drafted emails from prospective PhD students
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Do others struggle when their child is less academic than them?
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Applying to civil service from academia - pay drop?
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Does the ban on simultaneous submission apply to journal proposals too?
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University and being mum.
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No motivation at all
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Feel like I should retire but why? Talk me down. Or up!
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Anyone have any recommended tools to use to detect AI generated student essays
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First time speaking at a conference. Any tips?
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2026-27 New JNCHES pay round
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Summertime writing blues
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Another grant rejected
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What am I? Please help
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Never to be a professor
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Academic side hustles (more than EE work etc)
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I'm on secondment and I hate it
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Why is university administration so slow and difficult to navigate?
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At risk of redundancy. Is it possible to do tutoring?
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Do you dress up for work?
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Has anyone managed to join SEEN on Campus?
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How do you manage emails?
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Reviewer for ESRC doctoral programme scholarships?
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Bills package—would you?
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The value of a degree
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Dundee redundancies
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Should struggling universities be supported or allowed to fail?
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SAGE Track status changes after revision and reviewer assignment
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More pay cuts and redundancies
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Post-academics in new jobs due to the current crisis! How much are you now earning?
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Redundancies at Sussex
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PhD - should DD be worried?
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Covid claims against unis
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Expectations of working past contract end date
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Has anyone had research evidence published after a parliamentary submission?
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Uni of Staffs - VC stepped down
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hormones, anxiety and academic work
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Moving from USS to LGPS: leave USS as is or transfer pensions?
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UKCGE Supervisor Recognition Award - worth pursuing for future jobs?
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Redundancy 2025
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National pay scale - do associate professors still get stuck if not promoted in time?
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Backing out from post-doc sponsorship (at pre-application stage)
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British Federation of Women Graduates - any experience?
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PhD thesis corrections deadline help
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How do I move on?
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Multiple choice exam (final year) - advice needed
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USS Pension - inflation linking q
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E reader for reading pdf papers
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Uni offers shift from AVCs to salary sacrifice.....
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