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- reading groups/journal clubs are a good idea
- help your inner ‘Creator’ and ‘Editor’ get along
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- academic writing choices – learning from blogging
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- 2020 reflection – on book writing during the pandemic
- working up a first draft: a twelve step strategy
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what goes on a university home page?
Apparently job search firms routinely conduct online searches on academics. Thesis Whisperer recently reported that she quickly found online information about someone for whom she had been asked to provide an independent tenure commentary, and she urged us all to google … Continue reading
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manufacturing the academic ‘self’ on university home pages
Ive been interested in academic branding and profiling for a while. I’ve begun to do a much-less-than-systematic trawl through university home pages. You know, the official pages where university staff have to describe themselves. I’m up to about fifty webpages … Continue reading
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three reasons why editing a book is a good idea
Is it worth editing a book? I’ve been asked this question a couple of times recently. It’s actually not an easy question, as you might guess. That’s because the answer depends on all kinds of things, including where you are … Continue reading
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