Tag: Academia

Superior by Angela Saini: essential reading for every scientist

On By Natalie HoggIn Academia, PhD, ReviewsLeave a comment

The death of George Floyd in the United States earlier this year sparked a flurry of long-overdue activity in my corner of academia. For a few weeks in June, everyone was interested in the subject of racism, and for us, racism in academia in particular. An informal strike was held on the 10th of June, …

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Surviving burn out and the post-paper blues

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I published my first paper at the end of February. I won't beat about the bush: writing this paper was exhausting. I'd had unrealistic expectations for how quickly I'd get publishable results, and consequently every delay to our draft felt like a disaster. At first we were going to be ready by July (2018). Then …

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