r/AskAcademiaUK↗
The base for UK academia, from undergrads to professors.
For questions about academia specific to the United Kingdom. /r/AskAcademia is a helpful resource for finding out more about academic life, pathways into and within academia, and other general questions, it is very often centred around US based academia and therefore not always relevant outside of the US. This subreddit will therefore function as a counterpart to /r/AskAcademia, one that is specific to UK based professional academic life. WE SUPPORT THE USE OF OLD REDDIT - Please see sidebar.
35k subscribers341 posts / mo in Sep 2026276 authors / mosince 2019
r/AskAcademiaUK has 35k members (+26% over the last 12 months). It gets about 341 posts a month from 276 people. Top topics: Academia vs Industry, PhD Finances & Life and University Finances & Challenges.
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- Academia vs Industry11%
- PhD Finances & Life7.5%
- University Finances & Challenges6.0%
- Academic Jobs & Tenure3.4%
- Career Transitions2.4%
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