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Documenting your work for promotion and tenure
Setting up a filing system now is a gift to your future self.
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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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ADHD in grad school: why diagnosis matters
The stories of three graduate students with ADHD and their experience of becoming diagnosed as adults.
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Adapting career services to optimize the international student experience
Career centres are well-equipped to support international students in developing a sense of identity and purpose.
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Lock your Twitter account, the hiring committee is watching
How can universities make applicants feel safe enough to be themselves online?
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Leveraging campus partnerships to nurture international student persistence
The way forward should be collaborative if we are to retain the students we recruit.
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Teaching university students to be ‘age-conscious’ could help address our elder care crisis
What it’s like to get older? A course on the psychology of aging helped students gain empathy and curiosity.
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Why formal analysis is key to bringing your research to life
This practice from art history can improve academic writing across disciplines.
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Incorporating experiential learning in a PhD program
A faculty member collaborated with campus career services to deliver an experiential learning option to PhD students with diverse backgrounds.
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Why faculty need to talk about microcredentials
There is reason to believe that shorter, competency-based programs will play an important role in the university landscape in the coming years.
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Five lessons learned planning a virtual life sciences career conference
Making sure your program content is curated to your specific audience is key.
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Why academics never have enough time… and what to do about it
The time-work conundrum means you’ll never feel in control of your work or time but that’s okay – it’s what you do that matters most.
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How to write about research methods
Make sure you are presenting your methods in a logical order, and if you can, try and paint a verbal picture.
