À mon avis
par JOHANNA LEWIS | 26 août 2021
The lack of any structural acknowledgement about the toll that COVID is taking on parents and caregivers is a grave failing at the institutional level.
dissertation.
Needless to say, progress has been slow. I have been stretched beyond capacity and, of course, deeply limited in my ability to engage in research or contribute my perspectives to the conversations happening in my field. I had hoped for and relied upon a return to school and childcar...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/juggling-academia-and-parenting-in-the-fourth-wave/
Réflexions d’un agrégé
par ALAN MACEACHERN | 06 août 2014
“Career: The ground on which a race is run, a racecourse.”
dissertation. Whether this is indicative of Australian/Canadian academic cultures more broadly I have no idea. The point is that the atmosphere was so much more positive, encouraging, joyful than I see back home. I came away wondering whether, in teaching graduate students to consider their...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-associate/graduate-students-and-their-futures/
Speculative Diction-FR
par MELONIE FULLICK | 02 avril 2012
dissertation.
I think that’s why I find myself disappointed but unsurprised by the kind of shallow parody provided by Levy’s column, mostly because I follow the higher education news and I see a lot of pretty frustrating stuff being passed off as serious/informed analysis. I understand if tha...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/speculative-diction/start-talking-back/
Speculative Diction-FR
par MELONIE FULLICK | 15 mars 2013
dissertation, it’s also not realistic. In fact it’s only a relatively recent thing that I have the means to access any of this information at all, and I freely admit that most of my self-discipline has been (and still is) tied up in my PhD work.
If you have the capacity and resources to do th...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/speculative-diction/digital-moralism/
Speculative Diction-FR
par MELONIE FULLICK | 17 juillet 2013
dissertation I've been going over
Continue reading on PhD supervision and attrition, including the work of Barbara Lovitts (who’s cited by Cassuto as well),
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/speculative-diction/war-of-attrition-asking-why-phd-students-leave/
Speculative Diction-FR
par MELONIE FULLICK | 02 février 2016
We need to examine why, exactly, it is taken for granted that teaching work is less valued and less prestigious than research.
dissertation, Pamela Gravestock addresses the assumption that teaching is less valued in the culture and in career progression, with an examination of tenure and promotion policies in Canadian universities. She concluded that while every institution had dif...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/speculative-diction/changing-value-of-teaching-in-universities/
Conseils carrière
par CAROLYN STEELE | 04 décembre 2006
A beginner’s guide to non-academic applications
dissertation, or published an article on a specific issue, suggest you’d be more effective in the position that you are applying for than someone who hasn’t? Remember – the stereotype of the graduate student is that you are ‘out of touch’ – make sure you don’t reinforce that by using a...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/career-advice-article/cv-or-resume/
Conseils carrière
par UA/AU | 06 octobre 2008
Half the battle in getting your book manuscript or revised dissertation published is choosing the right publisher
You’ve slaved over it at the expense of sleep, health and any semblance of a personal life.
You’ve given the passage that closes Chapter 6 one last tweak and your RA finally dug up the elusive reference to that footnote that bedeviled you for months.
Your manuscript is complete. All you ne...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/career-advice-article/a-guide-to-english-university-presses-in-canada/
Conseils carrière
par ADAM CRYMBLE | 08 mars 2010
Improve your writing skills and beef up your CV by submitting to a more mainstream media outlet.
dissertation. But, if you have a good idea targeted to a specific audience, with a narrow scope, you might get an editor’s attention. Whatever your idea, use the article as an opportunity to pique the reader’s interest, rather than offer a comprehensive analysis.
In terms of scope, if you can...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/career-advice-article/beyond-the-peer-review/