I help academics build their confidence to do the work they find meaningful and find the time to do it. This podcast includes a whole range of topics: strategies for protecting your time, writing and editing advice, thoughts on careers and the wider context, preventing overwork and burnout, etc. Pursuing a scholarly career is tough these days. I firmly believe that your academic career has the potential for joy as well as success. I also believe that you can pursue your scholarly work in wha ...
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Make Your Manuscript Work: An Interview with Laura Portwood-Stacer
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An interview with Laura Portwood-Stacer about her new book, Make Your Manuscript work. In March 2025 I wrote about the difficulty of writing a “shitty first draft” (JoVanEvery.co.uk/perfectionism-vs-impatience/) and concluded "If you *accept* that multiple rounds of revision will be required, and even have a process for moving through them, it’s ea…
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I invited Studio member and client: Myriam Houssay-Holzschuch to share something about her experience of burnout. She preferred an interview to a guest blog post. I learned a lot from this conversation and I think you will too. Fixing this requires systemic changes that are out of our control. That is frustrating, or even enraging. As Emily and Ame…
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Creating a Satisfying Academic Career - Part 2
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Sharing some specific options for your satisfying career and how the framework outlined in Part 1 can change how you approach them. The focus is on 3-5 year positions like post-doctoral research fellowships, and tenure track or equivalent positions. There are some notes about how this might also apply to more precarious positions. Don’t let the bro…
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Creating a Satisfying Academic Career - Part 1
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In a labour market that can legitimately be described as dystopian is it even possible to have a satisfying academic career? In this track I talk about what it means to create a career and provide reflection questions to help you figure out what a satisfying academic career might look like for you. Read the full post here: https://jovanevery.co.uk/…
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