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fromNature
2 weeks ago

The nine-to-five PhD: mere myth or an achievable goal?

Achieving a sustainable work-life balance in PhD programs is challenging, with many candidates experiencing long hours and dissatisfaction.
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
2 months ago

Go Ahead: Hang Your Paper on Your Office Door (opinion)

A tweet can travel far, but it cannot spark a spontaneous conversation in the hallway. Conferences offer in-person engagement, but they are infrequent and often exclusive or too busy. Hanging a paper on your office door? That's immediate, local and quietly powerful. It is a symbolic gesture that brings your research into the physical space of the university, something rarely done in today's digital culture.
Higher education
Mental health
fromNature
2 months ago

'We need to dismantle the stigma of alcohol dependence in academia'

Alcohol is normalized in academic culture, making harmful use common and recovery stigmatized, though some academics transform their lives and work through long-term recovery.
Higher education
fromNature
3 months ago

Five ways to make the academic workplace happier and healthier this year

Academic culture remains hierarchical and unsafe, silencing students and rewarding research output over respectful behaviour, deterring talent and enabling misconduct.
fromNature
3 months ago

During the course of my PhD, I've been relearning how to rest

Somewhere along the way, I started wearing burnout like a badge of honour. In weekly lab check-ins, I make sure to mention I was in the lab over the weekend - slipping in a quiet signal that I was going above and beyond. I've made sure to send e-mails early in the morning or late at night to demonstrate I was working long hours.
Mental health
Higher education
fromNature
3 months ago

We need to talk about salaries in science

Academia discourages salary transparency, leaving researchers uninformed about take-home pay and causing poor career decisions with unequal consequences.
Philosophy
fromApaonline
8 months ago

Access Intimacy & Killjoy Kinship

Access intimacy emerges when people disclose access needs and others respond with understanding and enthusiastic care, transforming hostile academic spaces into mutual support.
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