How I became a professor
If you’re thinking about an academic career, this might provide you with some inspiration. A recent post by the wonderful Tamara Hervey, Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law
Photo taken by Steve Mirfin
An old “blog”, originally not written as a blog. Recently someone (Gauthier de Beco http://www.law.leeds.ac.uk/people/staff/beco/) ,whom I don’t even know yet, but with whom I hope to be collaborating soon, emailed to say he had found it encouraging. So I thought it was worth sharing here:
How I became a professor
Tamara Hervey, Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law, School of Law University of Sheffield (http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/law/staff/academic/thervey/becomingaprof)
Even as an undergraduate, I knew that I would value autonomy over my work more highly than salary. I didn’t want to have a boss, or work as part of a much bigger team, without any control over what work I was doing, or the hours during which I did it. I wanted to do a professional job, but one over which I had some say over the direction of my work. I also wanted to have some kind…
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Thanks for reflagging this Jess – I sent an email to a potential supervisor for a phd i’d like to apply for this morning, so this couldn’t have come at a better time for me! I’m fairly sure a career in research/academia is what I want, but it never hurts to hear why others chose that career and get some guidance to make 100% sure it’s what I want.
that was meant to say re-blogging… my mac likes to change words 😛