Sentence examples for turned academic from inspiring English sources

American Nadia (Joanna Simpkins) is a former war correspondent turned academic, who counselled President Bush to invade Iraq.

Steven Mandis, a Goldman veteran turned academic, argues in a remarkable new book, "What Happened to Goldman Sachs?", that the firm's culture has been drifting for years.

Yes, is the resounding answer according to Jonathan Taplin, a former rock tour manager and film producer turned academic specialising in digital media.

US university Boston College has confirmed it will oppose legal moves to seize tapes from an ex-IRA volunteer turned academic for a controversial archive of former paramilitaries.

Vivek Wadhwa, an entrepreneur turned academic, had a heart attack when he had just turned 45, after taking one company public and reviving another.Over half of American startups are gone within five years.

Such was the finding of journalist turned academic Emma Jane who, along with writers Clementine Ford and Laurie Penny, shared tales of how the public faces of feminism are the target of tidal waves of online abuse – and their strategies for coping with it.

All three are former entrepreneurs turned academics and are considered among the leading research experts on accelerators and their efficacy.

Already, drugs companies complain about the time and resources devoted to turning academic chemists with the best qualifications into globally competitive research scientists.

Some machines are boarded off for confidential experiments by individual businesses.The job of this "High-Value Manufacturing Catapult" (HVM) is to turn academic ideas into marketable products.

My professional and academic experience as a CIPA student taught me to take every opportunity that turns academic knowledge into practical knowledge.

The digital evolution of the security sector plays to California's strengths: a tradition of scientific excellence in its universities and the ability to turn academic discovery into commercial achievement.