Advice
Project and stakeholder management practices can help buffet thesis interruptions.
How and where to edit for active voice constructions in your academic writing.
Focusing on feel rather than fit can promote greater happiness and engagement.
There’s evidence that increasing diversity within science might directly enhance the scientific enterprise, but in order to do so, we need to acknowledge our implicit biases.
Whether we like it or not, the CV plays a huge role in the tenure process, so telling the right story is key.
Non-academic mentors, especially those familiar with the culture of academia, can offer empathy, validation and healthy perspectives.
Techniques for coherent, analytical lit reviews.
By participating in the Team Case Study program at U of T, life science graduates gain a competitive edge in the non-academic job market.
For supervisors, communication is the key to establishing and maintaining a good relationship with your students, especially during COVID-19.
Strategies to engage the public in your research topic.
We need to do a better job explaining the benefits of office hours to our students – and be flexible about how we meet them.
Her biggest piece of advice? You absolutely must take the lead for yourself.
The idea of successive iterations across stages of development is not incongruent with the concept of mastery, and one might expect that further iterations drives greater competence.
A conscious willingness to be vulnerable can relieve some anxiety and establish a sense of community.
Martin Seligman offers us five pillars to thrive in challenging circumstances.
The world has changed, but we cannot let that stop us from achieving or from connecting with one another.
You already possess a number of highly-developed skills that will serve you well.
Despite all of the affirmative action policies and unconscious bias training at universities, something is still amiss.
Use the supports available at your institution, accept the idea that students know what works for them and share your ideas with your peers rather than reinventing the wheel.
Deans can champion interdisciplinarity all they want – but once scholars are up for tenure or promotion, it all rests on the individual professions.