The Portfolio Career I Didn’t Know I Was Building
From “chaotic” CV to coherent portfolio career: How I discovered my hidden pattern through Holland Codes after 25+ roles across two countries. A career retrospective for international professionals.
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Final Destination: I’ve Found What I’m Looking For
Reaching the final destination – seven years later. My story of the peaks and troughs of settling in New Zealand.
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Using your PhD in a non-academic job
Whether or not you remain an academic, the training and insights from your PhD serve you well in achieving your world-changing aspirations
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The Power of Peer Support
Peer support for doctoral students meets emotional and cultural needs outside power relations imposed by institutional structures and authority figures. I was recently invited to contribute a blog post to the Trust Me! blog, an amazing resource for research supervisor development, helmed by Dr Kay Guccione, Chair of the University of Sheffield Mentoring Network. My post is based on…
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International Doctoral Students as Diasporic Academics
I first heard the term ‘diaspora academics’ at Wendy Larner’s keynote speech at the 2016 ISANA International Education Association Conference in Wellington. Against the backdrop of the internationalisation of higher education, Larner presented an argument about the increasing importance of diasporic academics, that is, those who have multiple national affiliations. Examples of diasporic academics include…
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From PhD to professional: Seeking mentors, finding brokers
Sharing a personal journey of seeking mentors but finding mentors instead. Pursuing a doctoral degree for most is not just about following one’s passion, but is likely to be motivated by a desire for a career in academia or research. However, finding an academic teaching or research position is increasingly difficult, not just in New…
