Creator
Philippa Kerr is a freelance writer and artist. She has formerly been a postdoctoral fellow at two universities
There are secure, well-paid jobs in universities but it is highly unlikely that aspiring entrants will not get them
I found out the hard way that postdoctoral fellows are vulnerable and should be wary of attractive-sounding supervisory positions
I went to my first interviews believing that the onus lay on the university to find good candidates — not on the applicants to ‘sell’ ourselves
Decision-makers appear to be outsourcing core work to an insecure academic workforce who don’t necessarily receive recognition or permanent employment
