This week, Resident Blogger Emma discusses James Marriott's "The dawn of the post-literate society" and its implications for the work of academic researchers.
Category: Beyond the PhD
Careers, fellowships, early career research, academic life, and more
AI, Attention, and Academia
This week, Resident Blogger Emma discusses generative artificial intelligence, 'cognitive offboarding', and the implications of this on academic publishing and thinking at large...
Reflections on a SGSAH-funded Internship tro mheadhan na Gàidhlig
This week, guest blogger Rebecca Madlener reflects on her 6 month-long SGSAH-funded Internship with Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba (Gaelic Place-names of Scotland)...
Precarity in Scottish HEIs, Continued…
This week, Resident Blogger Emma unpacks the ongoing 'financial crisis' at the University of Edinburgh. Featured image courtesy of BBC News.
Beyond the Thesis: Engaging Ways to Share Your Research
If you’re looking for practical tips and inspiration on how to share your research—whether beyond your supervisory team or outside the academic sphere altogether—read on!
Writing Retreat with a Beat: Harmonising Productivity and Creativity 🎵🎶
In this week’s blog, guest author Eneida García Villanueva shares her reflections on organising and running a series of online writing retreats, and the surprising power of music to help you find your writing groove.
Beyond the PhD: Running A Reading Group
Ahead of the annual SGSAH Summer School, Sam Cheney and Florian Weiser share their experience of organising and leading an online reading group with SGSAH.
The eternal student
Doing a PhD inevitably means staying in university longer and not being able to rinse off the student-status. This can at times feel a bit awkward when friends and people around us seem to be in completely different life stages. They might be getting a dog and a mortgage, while you’re trying to convince a prospective landlord that you are technically a professional even if you’re officially a student. You’re neither fish nor fowl, navigating the grey area of work, bureaucracy, and life.
Why you should consider being an academic on TikTok
It’s not a secret that branding, marketing, and showcasing your research online can boost your academic career. You might have noticed that you will find most researchers and PhD students all over Twitter, where they can share their work, establish their relevance in the field, and grow their networks. Perhaps the one or other might even have their own research blog or podcast. Recently however, there has been a slow shift to TikTok as a platform to promote research.
Learning to Not ‘Unsee’: Racism in Academia
For our Race Equality Month, we're taking a look back through our archives to share some fascinating articles from previous contributors. Please note this article was originally published in July 2021, so some aspects may be out of date. In this guest post, University of Glasgow PhD researcher Mariana Rios Maldonado discusses her experiences with … Continue reading Learning to Not ‘Unsee’: Racism in Academia
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