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Five Steps To Stay Focused And Productive In Those Turbulent Times
End of a cycle We are currently at the end of a cycle that is bringing a lot of changes in the world (see Ray Dalio). Before a new order and a new era come, there will be most likely difficult times for quite a few years. This process started in 2008 with the...
Are you dedicating your energy to the areas that really matter?
The “wheel of life” is a powerful tool that will not only help you to evaluate each aspect of your life, but it will also help you to set goals in your areas of personal and professional interest, and live a balanced life. The first time I did this exercise I was...
Are you multi-tasking or focused-tasking?
Multi-tasking is not being more efficient One of the main challenges for new faculty staff is to adapt to multi-tasking. PhDs and post-docs mostly work on an individual project, sometimes helping a graduate student with their project but most of the time they work on...
Burnout in academia is more common than we think
My burnout experience: Four years ago, I took an unpaid leave of absence from my position as Chair in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Sheffield. There were many reasons behind this decision, including Brexit and other personal reasons, but certainly one of...
How can you stop procrastinating in grant writing?
Grant writing for promotion: In the many discussions we have had with academics from assistant professor to full professor, the biggest challenges faced by everyone are either time management or grant writing. It is the latter that we would like to address today....
The benefits of having an Academic Coach
Expert coaching: Coaching has a powerful, positive impact on self-confidence, work-performance and wellness. Coaching is a highly personalized and individualized process where the coach accompanies you and works side by side with you towards the achievement of your...
A new teaching delivery for universities
Andy Grove, ex-CEO of Intel, said: “Bad companies are destroyed by crisis, good companies survive them, great companies are improved by them”. I also believe that a crisis is a pivoting moment, and it is important to know when to pivot and in which direction. This...
How many meetings are too many?
We are in a society of meetings. I spend half of my time in meetings. Meetings that I organise and meetings that I am invited. Most of them are short, between 15 min for my undergraduate students, to 30 min for my 1:2:1 meetings with my staff, to 1 h for research...
On the futility of marking
Over the last decades we have seen a trend in our traditional education system in giving more and more importance to marking. Exams have been introduced to even primary school pupils. Those exams are taken so seriously that teachers feel the pressure of spending a...
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Other articles
In this section we share a list of articles published by other media around academic career.
Pandemic burnout is rampant in academia
Remote working, research delays and childcare obligations are taking their toll on scientists, causing stress and anxiety.
‘Nurture trumps nature’ in PhD success
Strength of supervision more important than prior ability in determining doctoral performance, Australian study indicates
Academic overwork ‘leaves no time for keeping healthy’
Health and exercise needs overlooked as work demands and self-expectations leave time for little else
Academic prowess ‘no longer enough’ for university leadership
Technological know-how and compassion key in the post-Covid era, leaders say
Covid ‘helping to cure campus compassion deficit’
With students stressed, academics see overriding value of showing more humanity
Leadership qualities do not have a gender
Obliging women to adopt ‘male’ characteristics is not just unfair – it also impoverishes university management, says Corinne Houart