As precarity affects ever more academics for ever longer, many have come to see a permanent position as the gateway to professional happiness. But does it always work out that way? Or do the responsibilities and trade-offs of seniority outweigh the joys of security and salary? Seven academics have their say
Determination to make your own way is key to success in academia, but scholars¡¯ research, teaching and even their lives can be transformed by a chance encounter or event
