Video: From university to government: non-academic career optionsThis presentation is meant to offer insights about what grad students should expect if they are considering employment in government compared to a university setting.
Podcast: BiblioTechListen to episode 10: Much ado about hardware.
Speculative Diction: Access denied? Considering SOPA & higher edThere is a lot of controversy surrounding an online piracy bill in the U.S. Melonie Fullick wants you to pay attention, since the potentially changing infrastructure will affect your capacities as researchers and teachers.
First Sabbatical: Explaining a sabbatical to non-academicsIt's important that academics are able to articulate and publicly defend the value of what we do when we aren’t in the classroom.
OCAD University appointed Tom Barker chair of its Digital Futures Initiative beginning in January 2012. Prior to joining OCAD University, Mr. Barker was a professor of architecture, innovation and design in the faculty of design, architecture and building at Australia’s University of Technology, Sydney. He is also the inventor of large-scale digital displays called SmartSlab. The Digital Futures Initiative is a set of new cross-disciplinary programs, research and innovation activities at OCAD U.
Why not try a series of foundational university courses delivered to thousands of students at a time?
Making amends in the new year
Liz Koblyk says mending burned bridges between colleagues and acquaintances is good for your career and your sense of integrity.
Recently there’s been an upsurge in criticism about the relative resources and time that universities put into undergraduate teaching.
And other problems with teaching-only universities.
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