Advice
Instead of trying to cram all of your research prep into the summer months, why not set aside some time each week to read about what’s new in your field of scholarship?
Approach budgeting and cost-saving alternatives from a fresh perspective.
By giving yourself permission to write freely, you may find your academic writing also improves.
Group projects don’t necessarily build teamwork skills. Instructors need to teach and support skill development.
For early career scholars, a lab is not just a place for conducting research – it’s a space for building community, developing future leaders and creating a lasting impact.
When you need to explain a niche subject to a broader audience, contextualizing big numbers and using sensory metaphors can help to explain your research.
A few suggestions to help reduce the amount of time you are spending on reading, writing and sorting emails.
Volunteering during retirement should be fun, but one academic unexpectedly found himself in the middle of a clash of cultures.
Despite having ‘made it’, mid-career academics still need support, either from peers or coaches.
By cutting words like ‘is’ and ‘very’, you’ll be able to significantly reduce your word count.
The time to experiment is now and you have the skills to try.
Students need to be taught to embrace the messy yet rewarding process of writing, without relying on AI technologies.
Finding the right narrators to help tell your story.
By giving librarians some teaching agency in your courses, students learn the importance of research skills as well as how to do them the right way.
By focusing on exercise, social connections and diet, retirees can add years to their lives.
By humanizing your data, your grant will be more memorable and compelling.
Often confused as either students or faculty, this ‘in between’ position is vital to the academic ecosystem.
Replacing the traditional ‘listing everything’ approach is long overdue.
Each commitment helps me use my editing, research and writing skills in complementary ways.
Sometimes it isn’t just that certain terms offend people, it’s that the use of this language also implies a particular way of thinking.