In my opinion
BY JOHANNA LEWIS | August 26 2021
The lack of any structural acknowledgement about the toll that COVID is taking on parents and caregivers is a grave failing at the institutional level.
dissertation.
Needless to say, progress has been slow. I have been stretched beyond capacity and, of course, deeply limited in my ability to engage in research or contribute my perspectives to the conversations happening in my field. I had hoped for and relied upon a return to school and childcar...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/juggling-academia-and-parenting-in-the-fourth-wave/
The Associate
BY ALAN MACEACHERN | August 06 2014
“Career: The ground on which a race is run, a racecourse.”
dissertation. Whether this is indicative of Australian/Canadian academic cultures more broadly I have no idea. The point is that the atmosphere was so much more positive, encouraging, joyful than I see back home. I came away wondering whether, in teaching graduate students to consider their...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-associate/graduate-students-and-their-futures/
Speculative Diction
BY MELONIE FULLICK | April 02 2012
dissertation.
I think that’s why I find myself disappointed but unsurprised by the kind of shallow parody provided by Levy’s column, mostly because I follow the higher education news and I see a lot of pretty frustrating stuff being passed off as serious/informed analysis. I understand if tha...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/speculative-diction/start-talking-back/
Speculative Diction
BY MELONIE FULLICK | March 15 2013
dissertation, it’s also not realistic. In fact it’s only a relatively recent thing that I have the means to access any of this information at all, and I freely admit that most of my self-discipline has been (and still is) tied up in my PhD work.
If you have the capacity and resources to do th...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/speculative-diction/digital-moralism/
Speculative Diction
BY MELONIE FULLICK | July 17 2013
dissertation I've been going over
Continue reading on PhD supervision and attrition, including the work of Barbara Lovitts (who’s cited by Cassuto as well),
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/speculative-diction/war-of-attrition-asking-why-phd-students-leave/
Speculative Diction
BY MELONIE FULLICK | February 02 2016
We need to examine why, exactly, it is taken for granted that teaching work is less valued and less prestigious than research.
dissertation, Pamela Gravestock addresses the assumption that teaching is less valued in the culture and in career progression, with an examination of tenure and promotion policies in Canadian universities. She concluded that while every institution had dif...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/speculative-diction/changing-value-of-teaching-in-universities/
Career Advice
BY CAROLYN STEELE | December 04 2006
A beginner’s guide to non-academic applications
dissertation, or published an article on a specific issue, suggest you’d be more effective in the position that you are applying for than someone who hasn’t? Remember – the stereotype of the graduate student is that you are ‘out of touch’ – make sure you don’t reinforce that by using a...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/career-advice-article/cv-or-resume/
Career Advice
BY ADAM CRYMBLE | March 08 2010
Improve your writing skills and beef up your CV by submitting to a more mainstream media outlet.
dissertation. But, if you have a good idea targeted to a specific audience, with a narrow scope, you might get an editor’s attention. Whatever your idea, use the article as an opportunity to pique the reader’s interest, rather than offer a comprehensive analysis.
In terms of scope, if you can...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/career-advice-article/beyond-the-peer-review/