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Surviving a semester of grad school: The good and the bad
Surviving a semester of grad school: The good and the badClaire JarvisTue, 05/28/2019 - 08:35Body…Phew. I made it.Saturday marked the final set of tasks associated with Semester 1 of grad school. Upon...
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I am so grateful for my supervisor!
I am so grateful for my supervisor!Shruti TurnerTue, 05/28/2019 - 09:06BodyThe title of this post is a direct quote from my supervisor—it may not seem like much but these words changed my entire...
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PhD life: Perception versus reality
PhD life: Perception versus realityShruti TurnerTue, 05/28/2019 - 10:24BodyThis past week, since my viva, has been pretty taxing on the brain. I feel like I’ve been eating, breathing, and sleeping my...
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On getting graduate students to revise their writing
On getting graduate students to revise their writingMadeleine KendrickTue, 05/28/2019 - 10:53BodyI’m going to add to this REALLY useful post by ScholarStudio.
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What researchers want from academic publishing: Report based on over 2,500...
What researchers want from academic publishing: Report based on over 2,500 researchers' commentsEditage InsightsTue, 05/28/2019 - 10:54BodyA few months ago, Editage—a leading global scholarly...
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Why I think having a career is like going to the supermarket
Why I think having a career is like going to the supermarketAnne AulsebrookTue, 05/28/2019 - 11:16BodyIn my last blog post, I commented that I probably shouldn’t give careers advice to high school...
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Reckoning with the "Ph" in PhD
Reckoning with the "Ph" in PhDGuest AuthorTue, 05/28/2019 - 12:04BodyLately, I have been captured by the idea of putting the philosophy back into a PhD. Not a bad kind of capture (South Africans will...
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2019 Shaw Prize honors scientists for their contribution in astronomy, life...
2019 Shaw Prize honors scientists for their contribution in astronomy, life sciences, and mathematics Fatima QureshiWed, 05/29/2019 - 09:46BodyThe Shaw Prize Foundation based in Hong Kong announced the...
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Ghostwriting peer reviews, low uptake of article commenting, influence of...
Ghostwriting peer reviews, low uptake of article commenting, influence of peers on peer reviewers' opinion, and much more! (Good reads, May 2019) Editage InsightsThu, 05/30/2019 - 05:47BodyAs we come...
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Academia, my lost love
Academia, my lost loveGuest AuthorThu, 05/30/2019 - 08:20BodyDear academia,
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Have I really been here for an entire year?
Have I really been here for an entire year?Melissa GatterThu, 05/30/2019 - 08:28BodySo, again, it’s been a while.Wasn’t it just January like two weeks ago? Why is it so sunny and hot?
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Post-fieldwork struggles: Taking it one page at a time
Post-fieldwork struggles: Taking it one page at a timeMelissa GatterThu, 05/30/2019 - 08:38BodyThe past few months have been, well, predictable and unexciting. Transitioning from fieldwork — and a...
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I have been very lucky when it comes to supervisors
I have been very lucky when it comes to supervisors Guest AuthorFri, 05/31/2019 - 07:37BodyAcademia is first and foremost a teaching environment. Many people that pass through its fickle doors are...
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The PhD legacy: Should I have pursued it at all?
The PhD legacy: Should I have pursued it at all?Claire JarvisFri, 05/31/2019 - 07:45BodyIf I could distil 4.5 years of a PhD into a 4.5 minute song, it would be a tune I half-heard one morning at the...
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Dreaming of the 'Dr.' title
Dreaming of the 'Dr.' titleGuest AuthorFri, 05/31/2019 - 07:52BodyFor as long as I can remember I’ve dreamed of being addressed as “doctor.”
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The long-term effects of bullying in the workplace
The long-term effects of bullying in the workplaceGuest AuthorFri, 05/31/2019 - 07:58BodyHi Friends, This is quite a hard blog to write… but I started this blog as a release for any emotions and to...
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The strange worlds of academe
The strange worlds of academeKevan ManwaringFri, 05/31/2019 - 08:06BodyIt shall be called “Bottom’s Dream” because it hath no bottom.- A Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Shakespeare
View ArticleAcademia is not the only career path you can follow after your PhD–Dr. Smita...
Academia is not the only career path you can follow after your PhD–Dr. Smita Jain, IndiaBioscienceJayashree Raja…Fri, 05/31/2019 - 09:25Read more about Academia is not the only career path you can...
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If I was allergic to anything, it was grad school
If I was allergic to anything, it was grad schoolClaire JarvisFri, 05/31/2019 - 12:01BodyThis blog post belongs to the “Mental Health in Grad School” genre.Probably. Well, see what you think.
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8 Reasons why you should attend academic conferencesFatima QureshiFri, 05/31/2019 - 12:23Read more about 8 Reasons why you should attend academic conferencesComments
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