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Universities must appeal to non-traditional students
Meeting mid-career education needs is win-win for non-traditional students and academic institutions.
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Thriving in a new (work) environment
Four strategies for early success when starting a new position
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Theming your days for effectiveness and relaxation
By devoting entire days to particular areas of your academic life, you will feel like you have more control over your tasks.
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Addressing the leak in Canada’s academic pipeline
Systemic challenges often start in graduate school for women.
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Planning for effective, skills-building group projects
Group projects don’t necessarily build teamwork skills. Instructors need to teach and support skill development.
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Tips for starting up a research lab within the social sciences
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.
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Writing for peer reviewers from outside your field: lessons from non-fiction
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.
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Regain control of your inbox
A few suggestions to help reduce the amount of time you are spending on reading, writing and sorting emails.
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What happens when an academic mindset and corporate culture collide
Volunteering during retirement should be fun, but one academic unexpectedly found himself in the middle of a clash of cultures.
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Why you need a mentor after receiving tenure
Despite having ‘made it’, mid-career academics still need support, either from peers or coaches.
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A quick shave for your grant proposal: cutting your word count in page-limited texts
By cutting words like ‘is’ and ‘very’, you’ll be able to significantly reduce your word count.
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How faculty can use Generative AI in their teaching
The time to experiment is now and you have the skills to try.
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10 tips to help foster critical thinking and original writing
Students need to be taught to embrace the messy yet rewarding process of writing, without relying on AI technologies.
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Searching for references: how to ask for a letter of recommendation
Finding the right narrators to help tell your story.
