#ECRchat is a fortnightly global discussion for the early career researcher community via Twitter. The chat is intended mainly for the discussion of post-PhD career issues, and we welcome anyone who is interested, who has questions, or who has advice to share. We hope that PhD students, postdocs, and junior faculty will all benefit from #ECRchat the advice and resources collected here. We would also love to hear from those who have left (or are considering leaving) academia, and from senior faculty, including those who advise PhD students and other ECRs.
Chats will be on Thursdays, alternating between 11am and 5pm GMT (there's a time converter on the chat schedule page!). We know it can be difficult for ECRs to find time in the schedule, so we want to make it as easy as possible for everyone to join in. Of course, these are just the times when specific chats will be hosted - please use the #ECRchat hashtag throughout the week to connect with fellow early career academics!
Want to get involved and host a chat? Find out how!
If you would like access to the forum, please send us an email - including a brief background - and we will send you the password to the page. You will also need to register in order to view and post. As we require a two-tier Membership verification (i.e. after we receive your email we will send you the password and validate your forum registration) it can take a few days to get you up and running on the forum. Please bear with us while this happens!
Come back soon to watch the community grow and share our own unique experiences and advice. If you spot some useful ECR resources around the web, please comment below so that we can link to it from this site. Also, let us know if there is a topic you would like to discuss so that we can add it to the topic poll.
Looking forward to chatting with you each fortnight!
Contact us: via Twitter below:
Chats will be on Thursdays, alternating between 11am and 5pm GMT (there's a time converter on the chat schedule page!). We know it can be difficult for ECRs to find time in the schedule, so we want to make it as easy as possible for everyone to join in. Of course, these are just the times when specific chats will be hosted - please use the #ECRchat hashtag throughout the week to connect with fellow early career academics!
Want to get involved and host a chat? Find out how!
If you would like access to the forum, please send us an email - including a brief background - and we will send you the password to the page. You will also need to register in order to view and post. As we require a two-tier Membership verification (i.e. after we receive your email we will send you the password and validate your forum registration) it can take a few days to get you up and running on the forum. Please bear with us while this happens!
Come back soon to watch the community grow and share our own unique experiences and advice. If you spot some useful ECR resources around the web, please comment below so that we can link to it from this site. Also, let us know if there is a topic you would like to discuss so that we can add it to the topic poll.
Looking forward to chatting with you each fortnight!
Contact us: via Twitter below: