The minute a new threshold
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 4:20 am
Here’s Ben’s thoughts on what makes being an ECR challenging:
Life in academia has its perks. I get to spend my days researching and writing about a topic that is both fascinating and important – but building a profile in research, all while staying on top of the day job, can be a challenge.
Only now am I realising quite how much mexico rcs data time needs to be spent on funding applications. It’s not just the time spent writing proposals, including trying to work out what I’m meant to say in two boxes with almost identical wording, but all the stuff that comes before. Searching for funding opportunities, thinking of ideas, discussing them with colleagues. It takes longer to apply for research than to actually do the research!
On top of that is networking. It’s great fun and a big part of building a reputation, but it’s also time consuming. I’ve lost count of the hours I’ve spent on trains, and as much as I tell myself they’re a good spot to do some work, the Wi-Fi is never as good as promised. That’s if you’re not packed into the walkway.
None of this is helped by policymakers, who seemingly have no consideration for these things when they announce new migration policies. ban, or exemption is announced, all attention must turn to writing a new commentary and answering journalists’ questions about what the changes mean. Won’t somebody think of the early career researchers.
Life in academia has its perks. I get to spend my days researching and writing about a topic that is both fascinating and important – but building a profile in research, all while staying on top of the day job, can be a challenge.
Only now am I realising quite how much mexico rcs data time needs to be spent on funding applications. It’s not just the time spent writing proposals, including trying to work out what I’m meant to say in two boxes with almost identical wording, but all the stuff that comes before. Searching for funding opportunities, thinking of ideas, discussing them with colleagues. It takes longer to apply for research than to actually do the research!
On top of that is networking. It’s great fun and a big part of building a reputation, but it’s also time consuming. I’ve lost count of the hours I’ve spent on trains, and as much as I tell myself they’re a good spot to do some work, the Wi-Fi is never as good as promised. That’s if you’re not packed into the walkway.
None of this is helped by policymakers, who seemingly have no consideration for these things when they announce new migration policies. ban, or exemption is announced, all attention must turn to writing a new commentary and answering journalists’ questions about what the changes mean. Won’t somebody think of the early career researchers.