Using Mentorship to ensure Success
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Effective mentors are critical to success.
I am a proponent of mentoring because everyone benefits.
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Article Report: How to build a better PhD
In a recent survey, the European Science Foundation reported “considerable dissatisfaction and stress” among the post-doctoral population due to insufficient scopes in academia. The report has urged universities and governing bodies to make doctoral candidates aware of the current dim academic job prospects.
You Are Not Fooling Anyone
Image: David Whittaker
Let’s Get it Started: How to Write an Introduction
By Fatu Badiane Markey
Career satisfaction: finding the balance point among strengths, joys and values
On October 24th I attended a Career Satisfaction workshop at the “What Can You Be With a PhD?” symposium, presented by Matthias Birk. The room was fully packed, I had to squeeze together with several people and sit on the floor.
Mattias Birk was a passionate and inspiring speaker. I got good laughs from his humor, but I was also enlightened by his view of career satisfaction. The experience allowed me to realize it is critical to find the balancing point among strength, joy, and value for career satisfaction.
Don’t Get Lost in the Data - Writing a Clear and Organized Results Section
By: Fatu Badiane Markey
The theme of storytelling is often emphasized in the field of science. However, it is easy to forget the significance of presenting a clear and compelling story once all the experiments are complete and the hypothesis has been proven. What good are the hours spent in the lab if no one can understand the end result?
Student research seminars: presenting your research to peers and faculty within your institution
Some of us groan when we realize our presentation date for our academic program’s research seminar has rolled around. We all wish we could postpone it until that one amazing experiment is completed, until we at least have some positive data, or just until the reviewers get back to us about our recently submitted manuscript. Please, please, please? In today’s research world, where everyone is a critic, don’t we all cringe at the idea of going up in front of people and presenting an incomplete project?
