A muddled existence: Life as an early career teaching academic with 2 young children
July 31, 2018
For those who don’t know me, I am now 7 months into life as a teaching academic for Biotechnology, having made the switch from postdoc life, and can often be found in office C08 of BABs building. Having been inspired by others in the school to speak openly about our “whole” lives and to highlight …
Mental Health Trigger Alert
July 10, 2018
In February 2015, a few days after my son’s 14thbirthday, my brain broke. I lay on the couch sobbing. Tears falling but for no reason that I could understand. My GP gave me a diagnosis of depression. I didn’t believe him, I wasn’t sad, I was numb. I felt nothing. I couldn’t string a sentence …
Declaring a disability at work
July 8, 2018
I recently attended a workshop entitled Declaring a Disability. The session covered four main areas: The legal and philosophical framework which underpins University’s approach to supporting staff with disabilities Checking that everybody understands what constitutes disability The process for making a disability disclosure What is reasonable adjustment and how can an individual request this? The …
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