{"id":638,"date":"2016-08-08T16:38:36","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T16:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labmosphere.com\/?p=638"},"modified":"2016-08-08T16:38:36","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T16:38:36","slug":"academics-anonymous-why-im-leaving-academia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labmosphere.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/08\/academics-anonymous-why-im-leaving-academia\/","title":{"rendered":"Academics Anonymous: Why I&#8217;m Leaving Academia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Guardian Higher Education section is constantly publishing interesting and well-written articles about the issues surrounding academic life. In one of their particular sections, titled Academics Anonymous, different academics give their opinions and perspectives on what can sometimes be quite a frustrating topic, especially for those who feel unable to voice their feelings or trapped in cycles of unhappiness.<\/p>\n<p>I recently stumbled on one of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/higher-education-network\/blog\/2014\/may\/01\/academic-anonymous-leaving-academia\" target=\"_blank\">older articles<\/a>, written by someone about to leave the academic scene after a stressful time in their Postdoc. \u00a0The author gives a more negative view on the entire academic process and career progression, but in doing so brings insight into some of the more pertinent issues.<\/p>\n<p>Like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/higher-education-network\/series\/academics-anonymous\" target=\"_blank\">Academics Anonymous<\/a>, we continue encouraging the sharing of personal stories anonymously as a powerful tool for discussing important issues and bringing about cultural change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Guardian Higher Education section is constantly publishing interesting and well-written articles about the issues surrounding academic life. In one of their particular sections, titled Academics Anonymous, different academics give their opinions and perspectives on what can sometimes be quite a frustrating topic, especially for those who feel unable to voice their feelings or trapped &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/labmosphere.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/08\/academics-anonymous-why-im-leaving-academia\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Academics Anonymous: Why I&#8217;m Leaving Academia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[6,63,51,18,21],"coauthors":[38],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7z5Ki-ai","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":453,"url":"https:\/\/labmosphere.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/01\/mental-health-in-academic-research-a-systematic-problem\/","url_meta":{"origin":638,"position":0},"title":"Mental Health in Academic Research &#8211; A Systematic Problem","date":"June 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\"In recent years, a crisis has been building in academia,\" says this post on Polygeia. University counseling services report increasing demand\u00a0due to rising\u00a0\u00a0numbers of students with serious and complex mental health problems. From what we've either seen or heard from colleagues,\u00a0mental health problems are very common in academia, but it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":710,"url":"https:\/\/labmosphere.com\/index.php\/2016\/11\/05\/redefining-success-stories-introduction\/","url_meta":{"origin":638,"position":1},"title":"Redefining Success Stories &#8211; Introduction","date":"November 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"As scientists and academics, we are all familiar with the talks given by respected group heads, both men and women, about balancing work and life, and what paths they took to get to their successful careers. 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