Career advice

What should you put in a diversity statement? In this video, Pardis Mahdavi gives examples of what to include and how candidates for academic jobs and search committees can use the document to reflect on EDI actions, impact and goals

LinkedIn can help you find a job and promote yourself, but it may also leave you questioning your own career trajectory – here’s how to combat the social media blues

For students and academics alike, it’s becoming hard to ignore LinkedIn’s combination of networking and self-promotional opportunities

Lucas Lixinski offers tips on how to engage positively with the social media platform, from ‘honour thy hashtags’ to ‘thou shalt live-tweet at events’

Digging deeper into social media, through stats and data, is the key to understanding audience and carving out your niche, says Michael Skiba

Sometimes not completing a PhD is the rational choice, and having open conversations around it helps stop people feeling isolated and uncertain, says Katherine Firth

Moving into the academy after a professional career can be daunting and difficult – and never more so than when penning your thesis

A guide to creating effective researcher profiles on social media, with practical tips for using LinkedIn

Teaching and research are the pillars of academia, yet these two roles often end up in opposition to one another, says Tara East

Paul Baines talks through the pros and cons of being a dean, plus the skills you’ll need to display during the recruitment process to get there