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Tag: academia

We build resilience through healing AND challenge

You don’t get knocked down and bounce back stronger. At least not immediately.

academia, academic culture, challenge, PhD, rest

The Times Higher Education Blog reposts ‘The five biggest reading mistakes’

Katherine Firth on why you should approach texts less like a Victorian maiden and more like a pirate hero. One … More

academia, reading, recommendations

I want to write like Edward Said

I just talked to a group of PhD students about style. The reading had been from On Late Style.  “Don’t … More

academia, academic writing

Just don’t go?: Aussie edition

I haven’t posted anything for a couple of weeks, partly because I’ve been down with sinusitis (thanks Messrs. Howard, Florey … More

academia
Gladiators

That sick feeling after you submit an article

I’ve just completed an article.  I just sent it off.  I feel a bit sick about it. Having just spent … More

academia, academic writing, Writing
A red cabbage

Red Cabbage OR [Insert quote here]

One of the joys of my job is being allowed to ask academics, ‘How do you write?’ The answer, often … More

academia, Drafting, Editing, generative writing, habits, Writing

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