COVID-19 keeps presenting us with communication challenges—and as professional communicators who deliver complex, new and sensitive information usually in face-to-face … More
Category: Working in Higher Education
The Classroom in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
This is a very long read that takes a few paragraphs to get to the point. It’s a point other … More
Rediscovering the telephone
Are you over video calls? Are email and quick messages too distanced? Is it currently difficult or impossible for you … More
Who am I writing this article for?
You know how it is. You’ve been working on an article forever, but it just isn’t working. You need to … More
How to start conversations without offending/excluding anyone: Top tips from 4 decades of Very Polite Conversations across 4 continents
Back in September, I did a thread on Twitter that a lot of people found helpful about how to start … More
My wildcard day
I’ve wanted to have the chance to regularly work from home for years, but it was never an option in … More
Top tips for communicating well in difficult meetings
One of the things all researchers have to face is, occasionally, a difficult meeting. It might be a meeting with your … More
Yet another to-do list blog
Usually I keep my to-do lists as handwritten scrawls, as marginalia, as a schedule in my calendar, or I remember … More
Being a first-time supervisor
For nearly everyone doing a PhD–this is your first time. You’ve never done this before, and you’re learning the ropes … More
Spreadsheet hacks 3: Google Sheets
This is the third in this series of spreadsheet hacks that have saved my sanity and my health. The first … More
