How to make sites like LinkedIn and Twitter work for you.

Handling the transition to your sabbatical is a key to its success.

How to cultivate civility.

A University of New Brunswick study reveals the common characteristics of great grad students.

Without learning how to delegate, burnout is inevitable.

Interview excerpts from our feature article “Examining the roots of the perennial gender gap in the STEM disciplines”.

MOOCs. They have the potential to revolutionize higher education – but will they?

They have the potential to revolutionize higher education – but will they?

Advice for new or potential graduate students.

The key is to understand what you can control.

Goodbye, class lectures.

Janet Sheppard, a counsellor at the University of Victoria, explains how many academics struggle with feelings of inadequacy, and offers different options to help overcome them.

Good advice from a legendary scholar.

Deciding if a master’s or PhD is the right next step for you can be a difficult one. We asked for some advice.

Career centres are providing students with a range of new options to help them with the changing job market.

We asked the team behind the redesign of the University of Chicago website, recipient of two 2013 Webby Awards.

From netbooks to iFrames and GIFs, the world of tech is getting a little nostalgic – but with a twist.

Gruelling work that can make us go bonkers.

A conversation with Dr. David Streiner, co-editor of When Research Goes Off the Rails: Why It Happens and What You Can Do About It.

What do Twitter, Tumblr and citations have in common?