Mewburn, Inger

Becoming an academic : how to get through grad school and beyond / Inger Mewburn. - viii, 253 pages ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (page 243-245) and index.


Becoming the thesis whisperer
Being academic?
Being productive
Being a writer
Being employed (or not...)
Being political


Welcome to the university, where the Academic Hunger Games, fueled by precarious employment conditions, is the new reality: a perpetual jostle for short-term contracts and the occasional plum job. but Inger Mewburn is here to tell you that life doesn't have to be so grim. A veteran of the university gig economy, Mewburn, managing editor of the blog The Thesis Whisperer, is perfectly placed to reflect on her experience and offer a wealth of practical strategies to survive and thrive

9781421428802 1421428806

2018036803


Universities and colleges--Graduate work--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Graduate students--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

LB2371 / .M49 2019

378.1/55