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A recent report on the future of the history PhD shows many students are living below the poverty line.
Once the value of ‘interdisciplinary’ is truly accepted, academia will significantly benefit.
Without properly training them, we are throwing our academics to the wind and shortchanging their students.
Why it’s important to provide analysis and context for your experience, credentials and successes in an application.
A written agreement is a good way to clarify expectations and build trust.
The “Organized Academic” shares how to transform your academic life.
Four strategies to help graduate students get their needs to the top of a professor’s to-do list.
The initiative includes a ‘bootcamp’ in art marketing and sales skills.
Students often see themselves as ‘oppressed’ workers, while faculty see themselves as the expert who will mould the smart but inexperienced student.
Reimagining existing relationships and practices can go a long way to enhancing education excellence.
For professor Fiona Rawle, compassionate teaching is the bedrock for student success.
Where non-academic work can help you cross the bridge back to the professoriate.
A recent study looked at how often students engage with their professors outside of the classroom, and how much accessibility and inclusivity matter.
A retired professor shares the ingredients of a successful thesis supervisor-PhD student relationship.
The TaPPS program encourages departmental collaboration and graduate student leadership.
One researcher shares the experience she gained conducting research with Indigenous groups in Canada and Ecuador.
Our society is at risk if we undervalue or underfund social science and humanities disciplines.
While the series highlights many of the problems currently facing university English departments, it offers very few solutions.
How can universities make applicants feel safe enough to be themselves online?
What it’s like to get older? A course on the psychology of aging helped students gain empathy and curiosity.