I recently had a short discussion on workloads in academia, after seeing in my ManicTime charts that I had worked 100 hours a few weeks earlier - which pretty much translates to working every waking hour. You can find the…
This post is part of the series PhD Talk for AcademicTransfer: posts written for the Dutch academic career network AcademicTransfer, your go-to resource for all research positions in the Netherlands. These posts are sponsored by AcademicTransfer, and tailored to those…
Now that time is shorter than ever for me, e-mail is one of the things I am processing in a very organized way.Last January, I achieved Inbox Zero. For those of you not familiar with the term: it simply means…
Sheryl Sandberg asks: "Why are there so few women leaders.", and in academia, we wonder: "Why are there so few women tenured professors?".I'm not qualified to give an answer to this question - and the answer itself is rather complex.…
In my previous post, I discussed the biggest challenges that I'm facing currently as a starting faculty member. As always, I turned to Twitter for some advice, and here you can find the Storify of the reactions.Very useful and honest…
This post is part of the series PhD Talk for AcademicTransfer: posts written for the Dutch academic career network AcademicTransfer, your go-to resource for all research positions in the Netherlands. These posts are sponsored by AcademicTransfer, and tailored to those…
Today I have the pleasure of inviting Genise Driscoll-Patterson to share her experience and tell us what motivates her to pursue a PhD. Genise is a PhD (Management) student at Walden University. As a Business Analyst by trade, her area…
I recently came across the following infographic, and would love to share it with you!The facts and figures are interesting to see, but I must say, that I'm not sure if you can make a distinction between "difficult" and "easy"…
Today I have the pleasure of hosting Vijay Thamarai who discusses his research journey, and what he learned to be crucial for carrying out research. Vijay is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering department in SRM University, Chennai, India with…
This post is part of the series PhD Talk for AcademicTransfer: posts written for the Dutch academic career network AcademicTransfer, your go-to resource for all research positions in the Netherlands. These posts are sponsored by AcademicTransfer, and tailored to those…
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