Early Career Researcher Podcast

Episode 36: Visiting Fellowships

We are back! Episode 36: Visiting Fellowships: what they entail, how to apply and how to make the most of them, featuring @rozierhistorian.bsky.social @rosiebonte.bsky.social and special guest (prolific Visiting Fellow) @benpohl.bsky.social

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A great resource!

In this episode, Charlie, Olivia and Rachael take time to discuss teaching jobs in academia: we covered 1) the types of teaching-focused job opportunities that exist, 2) the skills and experiences… Teaching Jobs in Academia - The Early Career Researcher Podcast, Episode 10

Teaching Jobs in Academia - The Early Career Researcher Podcast, Episode 10 youtu.be/Tzb93-mkcR4?... and follow them @ecrpodcasters.bsky.social #EarlyCareerResearchers #ECR #Academia

Our Talking about the Past Zoom meeting today discussed this highly interesting podcast episode. It was great to hear the enthusiasm for indexes both as a research tool and as a way of marketing a scholarly book. We concur with their views on the limitations of AI for book indexing.

It's always instructive to hear what other people think about your job, and the @ecrpodcasters.bsky.social episode on indexing was interesting to hear and to discuss. My blog post on indexing aimed at academic authors has more guidance and resources: tanyaizzard.co.uk/2025/11/26/i...

Thank you so much! That’s really helpful, and a valuable resource

Episode 35: How to Index Your Book
If you’ve ever wondered how this *highly interesting* part of the book process works, then join @rozierhistorian.bsky.social @rosiebonte.bsky.social and Rob as we talk:
- What is an index for?
- What do publishers want?
- What makes a good/bad index?

Links in bio

After a very busy few weeks, @rozierhistorian.bsky.social and @rosiebonte.bsky.social chatted with our friend Rob yesterday about the *thrilling* task of how to compile an index for your monograph/volume (if you’ve ever done it, then you’ll know!)

Episode live on Monday AM, links in bio #academia

Can anyone recommend anyone here to campaigns/promoted awareness for maintaining good mental health among academics?

Not for me personally, but thinking of doing a thing about it and wondering who’s out there and who’s good! #academia

Episode 34: Copyediting in Academia (and how to get into it)

@rozierhistorian.bsky.social and @rosiebonte.bsky.social chatted to Jo last week, about copy editing. Authors take note!

Episode 34: a guide to copy editing for academic authors

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I’ve been asked to do a phone interview tomorrow on ‘how the funding crisis is affecting early career academics’

Apart from ‘there are no jobs’, what else should we be saying? #academia

Two of our members, the brilliant @hagenilda.bsky.social and Ben Pope, have appeared on the Early Career Researcher Podcast recently talking all things neurodiversity and academia! Well worth a listen. #ucu

Thanks, Jo. You were amazing!

Hugely proud of this NEW EPISODE: @rozierhistorian.bsky.social @rosiebonte.bsky.social joined by the amazing @hagenilda.bsky.social and Ben, as we talk ‘Neurodiversity + Academia’:

- Definitions
- Pros + Cons of our neurodivergent brains
- Work by @ucu.org.uk on neurodiversity

Links in bio!

Today, @rosiebonte.bsky.social and @rozierhistorian.bsky.social enjoyed talking to the amazing Jo and Ben on ‘Neurodiversity in Academia’: challenges faced, benefits gained, and their amazing work for @ucu.org.uk

Released Monday, links in bio
#academia #neurodiversity

‘How to Leave a Job (and how to start a new one’ live and free on all our platforms. Listen now! 🙏🏻👩🏽‍🎓

When art imitates life: @rozierhistorian.bsky.social and @latemedievalist.bsky.social sit down tomorrow to discuss ‘How to Leave one Job and Begin Another’ (with some interesting news from one of us!)

Episode goes live on Monday morning, but our full (free) back catalogue available via links in bio

Out now: ‘How to Submit a Journal Article and get it Published’

Listen now on Apple and Spotify (links in bio)

In the meantime, @rosiebonte.bsky.social would like to introduce you to the beautiful Skye! 😍🐈

Feel free to reply with your favourite academic animal friends who support you 🙏🏻

@rozierhistorian.bsky.social + @rosiebonte.bsky.social had great time recording ‘How to Submit a Journal Article and get it Published’ with Olivia (yes, Olivia is back!)

This will be released on Monday morning. In the meantime, check our back catalogue (links in bio) #academia #ecr #universities

Episode 30: Dealing With Criticism in Academia

New podcast alert!

I've recently recorded a new podcast entitled:
"Dealing With Criticism in Academia" with
@rozierhistorian.bsky.social
for the Early Career Researcher Podcast (link below).

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This is a fantastic blogpost by @patthomson.bsky.social about the mixed emotions when you do finally get an article published. I was esp drawn to this para and this is why I'm honest & vulnerable abt my challenges via my blog (and also in the imposter syndrome episode of @ecrpodcasters.bsky.social!)

Episode 30: Dealing With Criticism in Academia Podcast Episode · The Early Career Researcher Podcast · 18/08/2025 · 1h 11m

Last week @rozierhistorian.bsky.social hosted medievalist + academic coach Nicholas Morton, discussing ‘Dealing with Criticism in Academia’, including peer review, book review, conference clashes + how to give criticism.
Free here:
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Medievalists Learn about the Middle Ages from Medievalists.net, including weekly episodes of The Medieval Podcast. If you like what we do at Medievalists.net, please consider supporting us on Patreon at https://...

We are *delighted* to announce a new collaboration with @medievalists.bsky.social who will be hosting our podcasts alongside lots of other amazing medieval podcasts on their YouTube channel. As ever, it is still free to listen.

Head to YouTube and click ‘podcasts’ youtube.com/@medievalist...

Aha so kind, thank you! Your episode was one of our best so far, and so the feeling is mutual 😘

We hope everyone is enjoying the summer! The ECRpod team are all busy either resting or working on projects, but we will be back soon!

You can still listen to all of our previous episodes completely free, by following the links in our bio #academia #ECR

If you are on the panel for a job interview, *please* try to give useful feedback to those who didn’t get the job.

It can make a *HUGE* difference 🙏🏻

Episode 29: Attending Large Conferences Podcast Episode · The Early Career Researcher Podcast · 14/07/2025 · 51m

Episode 29: Attending Large Conferences. @rozierhistorian.bsky.social and friends talk: Why attend large conferences; How to get involved and how to fund attendance; Challenges, and top tips for maximising the fun

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Episode 29: Attending Large Conferences Podcast Episode · The Early Career Researcher Podcast · 14/07/2025 · 51m

Episode 29: Attending Large Conferences. @rozierhistorian.bsky.social and friends talk: Why attend large conferences; How to get involved and how to fund attendance; Challenges, and top tips for maximising the fun

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/45Rg...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

After another highly enjoyable year of our podcast, our payment period ends on 4 August. We need £150 to continue distributing for free during 2025/6.

If anyone would like to sponsor our work, either privately or for a company, then please do get in touch via DMs 🙏🏻😇