Tag Archives: profile

what goes on a university home page?

Posted on September 17, 2015 by pat thomson

Apparently job search firms routinely conduct online searches on academics. Thesis Whisperer recently reported that she quickly found online information about someone for whom she had been asked to provide an independent tenure commentary, and she urged us all to google … Continue reading →

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manufacturing the academic ‘self’ on university home pages

Posted on March 9, 2015 by pat thomson

Ive been interested in academic branding and profiling for a while. I’ve begun to do a much-less-than-systematic trawl through university home pages. You know, the official pages where university staff have to describe themselves. I’m up to about fifty webpages … Continue reading →

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three reasons why editing a book is a good idea

Posted on December 2, 2013 by pat thomson

Is it worth editing a book? I’ve been asked this question a couple of times recently. It’s actually not an easy question, as you might guess. That’s because the answer depends on all kinds of things, including where you are … Continue reading →