In my opinion
A new taskforce report by the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies says it’s time to rethink the PhD.
dissertation. But, faced with unprecedented change in the academy and the world, academics are struggling with unresolved questions about the broader purposes of the degree.
Universities are increasingly engaged with society, changing the way we think about doing and communicating research; innov...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/the-dissertations-form-and-content-need-to-evolve/
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Des stratégies efficaces peuvent faire diminuer le nombre de dissertations mal écrites ou contenant des passages plagiés.
dissertations de leurs étudiants soient mal écrites ou contiennent des passages plagiés. Ils oublient toutefois trop souvent le rôle qu’ils peuvent jouer pour y remédier. Des stratégies efficaces peuvent aisément être déployées dans le cadre d’une démarche proactive.
Étape...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/conseils-carriere/conseils-carriere-article/6-etapes-simples-pour-enseigner-lart-de-la-dissertation/
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A few tips that can help PhD mothers complete some of the major dissertation milestones.
dissertation is a done dissertation,” but how does one complete a dissertation post-baby? As a parent, caring for a child or children can sometimes feel all-consuming, making it difficult to achieve substantial progress on major writing milestones. This can add significant pressure in an environme...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/career-advice-article/guide-birthing-dissertation-post-baby/
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UQAM’s Jean-Hugues Roy analyzed theses and dissertations from the past 25 years to answer the age-old question: How long should it be?
dissertation or master’s thesis is: How long should it be?
Not finding a definitive answer, Jean-Hugues Roy, a former reporter for Radio-Canada and now a professor at Université du Québec à Montréal, decided to wade into the issue using data analysis. Inspired by University of Minnesota res...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/researcher-determines-average-length-theses-dissertations-quebec/
From PhD to Life
dissertation quicker and easier, while still allowing me the autonomy I valued.
Now that I'm taking coaching classes, I usually get coached by classmates three times a week. This is a big change; it was only a year ago that I spoke to a coach for the first time! And, experiencing the benefits of ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/from-phd-to-life/supporting-dissertators/
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dissertation.
Although you need much more than this to successfully transition into the next phase of your career, your research and dissertation should be a high priority for you. Whether you are working in a lab or working primarily on your own, you are responsible for keeping track of this per...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/careers-cafe/hows-the-dissertation-going/
The Black Hole
dissertation - in haiku form!
A friend of mine recently told me about Continue reading, a place where you can submit a single haiku to summarize your dissertation. Just think of it as an entirely different way to communicate your science!
Here are some...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-black-hole/quick-hit-dissertation-haiku/
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Most graduates seem satisfied with the experience but miss the celebratory aspect afterwards.
dissertation looks at the glacial history of northeast Quebec, the product of three seasons of fieldwork. The defence was held on Microsoft Teams videoconferencing software, chosen partly for its closed captioning functions to accommodate a committee member with a hearing disability. It all went smo...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/virtual-victory-inside-the-new-normal-of-online-doctoral-dissertation-defences/
Features
How do we turn the doctoral student’s significant skills into a career outside academia?
dissertation. But this material shows me I have more skills and employment alternatives than I thought I did. My dissertation is not my only path; good to know.”
Fifth- and later-year grad students, on the other hand, tend to find the very same material disturbing. Their reaction is most often ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/mobilizing-the-humanities-for-diverse-careers/
Speculative Diction
dissertations/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a policy statement that caused some controversy among academics, because of its recommendation that universities should allow junior scholars the option of a 6-year embargo on electronic publication of their dissertations.
The argument goes that ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/speculative-diction/the-stakes-in-no-change-the-aha-and-academic-careers/
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But first, your university needs a policy on alternative-format dissertations.
dissertation would look like; all I knew was that it wouldn’t be a traditional 90,000-word text document. It couldn’t be, because I knew if it were, I’d never last to see graduation. Four years later, I have recently crossed the finish line, having successfully defended a web-based disserta...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/got-phd-making-youtube-videos-can/
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Scholarly publishers say expect major revisions to your dissertation
dissertations? Or that 20 to 30 percent of University of Toronto Press’s output result from former theses?
Publishing a dissertation following graduation is just one option open to graduate students who, after working to satisfy their advisors and successfully defending their thesis, want to te...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/career-advice-article/thesis-to-boo-an-overview-of-the-issues/
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dissertation. The revisions took me a couple of months and the book was in print within a year of my examination.
If you can do that, do that.
If, on the other hand, you need to do additional research to make this a publishable monograph then this is not your "dissertation book". It's your nex...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/careers-cafe/should-you-publish-your-phd-as-a-book/
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An excerpt from the latest novel by University of Calgary professor Suzette Mayr.
dissertation was an inferior piece of work not worthy of a first-year university student, that it had no chance of ever being published, only a desperate Canadian hack press would publish it. You should drop out, she scrawled in the margins of Edith’s dissertation drafts. The book would be publish...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/the-first-day/
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Concordia PhD graduate, a former homeless person, wins CAGS annual dissertation award.
dissertation on homelessness can only be an understatement. He lived in it, slept in it and somehow survived it.
Dr. Weissman’s unflinching documentation of tent cities, shanty towns and homelessness recently r...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/speaking-homeless/
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Deaf graduate shares her research using innovative online tools.
dissertation has been made available on TerpTube, an emerging social media platform designed to meet the needs of deaf people. Dr. Hibbard recently shared her story with University Affairs via Skype video chat.
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/phd-thesis-opens-new-doors-for-deaf-scholars/
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Les étudiants peuvent acheter des travaux plus facilement que jamais. En attendant que les universités puissent éradiquer ce type de tricherie, les professeurs font de la prévention.
dissertations entières et rédigées sur demande par l’intermédiaire de services en ligne ou de babillards, et de les soumettre en leur propre nom. Les professeurs ont beaucoup de mal à démasquer ces supercheries, et personne ne connaît vraiment l’ampleur du problème.
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/actualites/actualites-article/comment-resoudre-le-probleme-de-la-malhonnetete-universitaire/
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Les établissements postsecondaires poussés à s’adapter en raison de l’intelligence artificielle générative et des autres nouvelles technologies qui s’invitent dans les évaluations étudiantes.
dissertations, Continue reading ou créer de l’Continue reading et de la Continue reading. Le personnel enseignant s’interroge sur la manière d’éval...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/actualites/actualites-article/les-universites-revoient-leur-approche-relative-a-linconduite-universitaire/
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Too many students are dropping out of doctoral programs or taking too long to finish, prompting some universities to question what they can do to help them along.
dissertation; the isolation had become oppressive; and the prospects for landing a tenure-track faculty job in English studies – were he to forge ahead and finish – were dim.
So he left Queen’s in 2009 and enrolled in a master’s program in educational counselling at the University of Otta...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/the-phd-is-in-need-of-revision/
In my opinion
La clé pourrait être de se pencher sur l’exercice de la rédaction plutôt que sur son produit.
dissertation critique en faveur de la taxe sur le carbone au Canada, composée d’un sujet posé, d’arguments principaux et de réfutations? Et voilà. Une revue de la littérature sur les pratiques alimentaires durables qui comprend huit articles scientifiques évalués par les pairs? Aucun prob...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/opinion/a-mon-avis/redaction-universitaire-repenser-les-pratiques-pedagogiques-a-lere-de-chatgpt/