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Oh, I suspect that more of us do that than people might suspect.... In education, though, it would be rather unusual to have had the same job for life - almost all of us come from other backgrounds into academia, often it's school teaching but there are myriad ways.... On 8 November 2011 10:40, David Mattichak <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I come from the hospitality industry, I am originally a chef, and we are > supposed to have a good pension set up too (in Australia) but I am not > going to rely on it being there to see out my dotage on. It is unfortunate > that the pensions that you worked for are under threat but it isn't unique > and it's not right either. Everybody has to be able to think more flexibly > about their occupation now, jobs for life are a thing of the past for all > of us. That would make me all the more inclined as Dave E suggested, to > publish under a pseudonym so that I knew that I had something to retire on. > > ------------------------------ > -- Dr. Janet Goodall Research Fellow Institute of Education University of Warwick Review of Best Practice in Parental Engagement: https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/RSG/AllPublications/Page1/DFE-RR156