Jo Mitchell, Author at Global Academy Jobs

Employers’ duty of care has long protected many from the risks of a harmful physical working environment. But the scrabble to set up new work-from-home stations almost overnight has left many working in woefully less-than-ideal situations….

#homeworking #remotework #physicalpain #badhabits,

Job Search

| Jo Mitchell

How to stay motivated when you’re job hunting

The search for your next academic job can be exhausting and painful. To have got where you are, however, you will have faced – and overcome – steep challenges. So what can you do now to revitalise your search and keep momentum up until you finally nail that job?…

interview, #jobhunt

Conferences

| Jo Mitchell

Rethinking academic conferences

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a dramatic and thorough rethinking of in-person events, including academic conferences. So given that the alternative of virtual conferences look set to stay, how can these be refined to deliver the best and most accessible experience?…

#online, networking

Teaching and supervision

| Jo Mitchell

Online teaching: what have we learned and how to move forward

The sudden transition to online teaching precipitated by the pandemic has been stretching – and dizzying for many. Here is what we have learned so far, and what we can do better in the future….

communication, #onlineteaching

Life balance

| Jo Mitchell

Resilience: five ways to refresh your reserves

Resilience – the ability to recover from setbacks and keep going in the face of adversity – has rarely been a more vital quality than during this period of intense and relentless challenges….

Jo Mitchell

Nine tips for editing your own work

Behind the frontline: recognising and managing the risk of vicarious trauma in research

Life beyond the lab: Academics with caring responsibilities

How to make your work environment work for you

How to stay motivated when you’re job hunting

Rethinking academic conferences

Online teaching: what have we learned and how to move forward

Resilience: five ways to refresh your reserves