Preparing your reference section: a terrible guide
As an academic or researcher you are the top of a pyramid of human knowledge stretching back thousands of years.
Read moreAs an academic or researcher you are the top of a pyramid of human knowledge stretching back thousands of years.
Read moreSo this week I sat down to write an ErrantScience article all about the PhD experience. I’ve written plenty about
Read moreI miss the good of days of science. The days when you could write “I want to do X can
Read moreBeing a grad student is hard work, being a post-doc is hard work, being a professor is hard work. I
Read more“Dear Applicant” or “Dear Author” is at any stage of your career a terrifying thing to see in your email account. Just those words instil near paralysing fear that could only be worse if the opening lines also included a clown face and a balloon.
Read moreTime are tough. We’re not quite at a ‘Mad Max apocalyptic scenario’ tough, but things are tough. Countries around the world
Read moreThe workloads in Academia are bad.
This is not news, this is a long complained about state of academia. In fact, it’s so much not news that it’s got to the point where if I say something so cliched on Twitter, people tell me to stop going on about it – particularly other academics, who I suspect are just annoyed to be reminded of it all the time.
Becoming an academic is obviously the pinnacle achievement anyone can attain. It’s the job that all kids dream of and
Read moreThe title of this post might sound harsh, but it’s exactly how I felt the first time I was at a scientific conference. I hadn’t prepared very well for attending this conference, because I was focused on presenting at this conference.
Read moreDespite my prolific blog output, I managed to find time earlier this year to write a paper. It was a
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