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Wow. This whole messy thing:
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www.theguardian.com/education/20...
@academic-chatter.bsky.social #AcademicFreedom #HumanRights
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UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China
Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities
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November 4, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Wow. This whole messy thing:
@academic-chatter.bsky.social #AcademicFreedom #HumanRights
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
@academic-chatter.bsky.social #AcademicFreedom #HumanRights
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"The collapse of the institutions where young people learn to make and critique art stands to greatly benefit companies like OpenAI, which, in the absence of human artists and critics, can both make the stuff and tell us it’s good." lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...
Literature Is Not a Vibe: On ChatGPT and the Humanities | Los Angeles Review of Books
Rachele Dini discusses OpenAI’s “A Machine-Shaped Hand” and an academic sector in crisis.
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November 1, 2025 at 10:31 PM
"The collapse of the institutions where young people learn to make and critique art stands to greatly benefit companies like OpenAI, which, in the absence of human artists and critics, can both make the stuff and tell us it’s good." lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...
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I have become my former supervisor. Late to all meetings, distractable, perpetually annoyed by bureaucracy. Hopefully half as creative?? 😶🌫️
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October 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I have become my former supervisor. Late to all meetings, distractable, perpetually annoyed by bureaucracy. Hopefully half as creative?? 😶🌫️
#AcademicChatter
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Consider yourself an academic? But where is your hat with tassel, the hair worn in a plait, the spotted suit and checked tights, like this fella from 1773 - called: the Academic Mac - is wearing? #academicchatter
October 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Consider yourself an academic? But where is your hat with tassel, the hair worn in a plait, the spotted suit and checked tights, like this fella from 1773 - called: the Academic Mac - is wearing? #academicchatter
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After graduating in Germany a few years ago, I applied to various Ivy League PhD programs. Spent much time & money on all those required texts, certificates, fees, the GRE etc.
And now barely a week goes by when I'm not absolutely relieved that none of it worked out. Times change.
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And now barely a week goes by when I'm not absolutely relieved that none of it worked out. Times change.
#academicchatter
October 31, 2025 at 1:11 PM
After graduating in Germany a few years ago, I applied to various Ivy League PhD programs. Spent much time & money on all those required texts, certificates, fees, the GRE etc.
And now barely a week goes by when I'm not absolutely relieved that none of it worked out. Times change.
#academicchatter
And now barely a week goes by when I'm not absolutely relieved that none of it worked out. Times change.
#academicchatter
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Hello Bluesky! I’m José Ángel, a PhD student in Life Sciences at CICESE, Mexico. My research focuses on #microplastic pollution in top marine predators and its ecological implications. I’m here to share #research, connect with fellow scientists, and discuss marine conservation. 🌎🐾
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October 16, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Hello Bluesky! I’m José Ángel, a PhD student in Life Sciences at CICESE, Mexico. My research focuses on #microplastic pollution in top marine predators and its ecological implications. I’m here to share #research, connect with fellow scientists, and discuss marine conservation. 🌎🐾
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How to find the papers you need to read — and avoid the ones you don’t.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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How to find the papers you need to read — and avoid the ones you don’t
With thousands of papers being published everyday, it can be a task working out which matter. Here are some tips to help you decide.
www.nature.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:23 AM
How to find the papers you need to read — and avoid the ones you don’t.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Rethinking #PhD supervision: creative, person-centred and decolonising approaches can transform outcomes for diverse researchers: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/reima... #Academia #HigherEd #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky
Reimagining PhD supervision through allyship, creativity and decolonising practice
How a creative, person-centred and decolonising approach to PhD supervision can transform outcomes for postgraduate researchers from diverse and non-traditional backgrounds
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October 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Rethinking #PhD supervision: creative, person-centred and decolonising approaches can transform outcomes for diverse researchers: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/reima... #Academia #HigherEd #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky
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🗃️ From May: Google Scholar launched in November 2004 with the goal of making it easier to access scientific knowledge. But did it live up to this aim or simply create new problems?
#GoogleScholar #AcademicChatter
#GoogleScholar #AcademicChatter
How Google Scholar transformed research - Impact of Social Sciences
Google Scholar launched in November 2004 with the goal of making it easier to access scientific knowledge. But did it live up to this aim or simply create new problems? Kyriakos Drivas shows that…
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October 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🗃️ From May: Google Scholar launched in November 2004 with the goal of making it easier to access scientific knowledge. But did it live up to this aim or simply create new problems?
#GoogleScholar #AcademicChatter
#GoogleScholar #AcademicChatter
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My academic #ShadowCV includes,
* unsuccessfully applying for way too many permanent jobs,
* working at 5 universities, and nowhere tenure-tracks were available, or installed after me, or for others only,
* too much time spent on trains working the laptop,
* never had a contract longer then 3 years
* unsuccessfully applying for way too many permanent jobs,
* working at 5 universities, and nowhere tenure-tracks were available, or installed after me, or for others only,
* too much time spent on trains working the laptop,
* never had a contract longer then 3 years
October 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
My academic #ShadowCV includes,
* unsuccessfully applying for way too many permanent jobs,
* working at 5 universities, and nowhere tenure-tracks were available, or installed after me, or for others only,
* too much time spent on trains working the laptop,
* never had a contract longer then 3 years
* unsuccessfully applying for way too many permanent jobs,
* working at 5 universities, and nowhere tenure-tracks were available, or installed after me, or for others only,
* too much time spent on trains working the laptop,
* never had a contract longer then 3 years
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A friend's applying for a postdoc which expects an extensive publication record. I've seen grad students who focus on publishing over developing their diss & the 1st thing that goes out the window is quality. Why do we glorify & celebrate "productivity" over quality? @academic-chatter.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
A friend's applying for a postdoc which expects an extensive publication record. I've seen grad students who focus on publishing over developing their diss & the 1st thing that goes out the window is quality. Why do we glorify & celebrate "productivity" over quality? @academic-chatter.bsky.social
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From our ongoing book and research into the origins of the DEI backlash
👉Dogmatic approach to DEI
↪️ reactive resentment 🟰shutting the door in your face
👉Appreciative inquiry to DEI
↪️ opportunity to understand 🟰rolling out the welcome mat
@academic-chatter.bsky.social #science 🧪
👉Dogmatic approach to DEI
↪️ reactive resentment 🟰shutting the door in your face
👉Appreciative inquiry to DEI
↪️ opportunity to understand 🟰rolling out the welcome mat
@academic-chatter.bsky.social #science 🧪
October 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
From our ongoing book and research into the origins of the DEI backlash
👉Dogmatic approach to DEI
↪️ reactive resentment 🟰shutting the door in your face
👉Appreciative inquiry to DEI
↪️ opportunity to understand 🟰rolling out the welcome mat
@academic-chatter.bsky.social #science 🧪
👉Dogmatic approach to DEI
↪️ reactive resentment 🟰shutting the door in your face
👉Appreciative inquiry to DEI
↪️ opportunity to understand 🟰rolling out the welcome mat
@academic-chatter.bsky.social #science 🧪
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Sometimes being a supervisor, project leader, mentor, or professor can feel quite lonely. I miss my PhD and postdoc days — it was the sense of community, the great interactions, and the feeling of belonging to a family that kept me sane in academia @academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicChatter
October 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Sometimes being a supervisor, project leader, mentor, or professor can feel quite lonely. I miss my PhD and postdoc days — it was the sense of community, the great interactions, and the feeling of belonging to a family that kept me sane in academia @academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicChatter
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I found out last week I didn't get a large grant I applied for in April (large to me, in any case).
What's the first thing fellow academics do when they have a grant rejected (and the second, third etc.!)
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What's the first thing fellow academics do when they have a grant rejected (and the second, third etc.!)
#AcademicChatter
@academic-chatter.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I found out last week I didn't get a large grant I applied for in April (large to me, in any case).
What's the first thing fellow academics do when they have a grant rejected (and the second, third etc.!)
#AcademicChatter
@academic-chatter.bsky.social
What's the first thing fellow academics do when they have a grant rejected (and the second, third etc.!)
#AcademicChatter
@academic-chatter.bsky.social
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I wish I had time to read this article 😉
"With thousands of papers being published everyday, it can be a task working out which matter".
Conclusion: "No single method will solve the challenge of staying on top of the literature"
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"With thousands of papers being published everyday, it can be a task working out which matter".
Conclusion: "No single method will solve the challenge of staying on top of the literature"
@academic-chatter.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How to find the papers you need to read — and avoid the ones you don’t
With thousands of papers being published everyday, it can be a task working out which matter. Here are some tips to help you decide.
www.nature.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I wish I had time to read this article 😉
"With thousands of papers being published everyday, it can be a task working out which matter".
Conclusion: "No single method will solve the challenge of staying on top of the literature"
@academic-chatter.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"With thousands of papers being published everyday, it can be a task working out which matter".
Conclusion: "No single method will solve the challenge of staying on top of the literature"
@academic-chatter.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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AI update for my summer online course: More than 50% of the class are on the list to be reported for AI use. 80% have at least 1 initial serious flag of AI use before review. (No detectors, just strategic assignment design & in-depth reviews)
Are online courses dead? @academic-chatter.bsky.social
Are online courses dead? @academic-chatter.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 6:51 AM
AI update for my summer online course: More than 50% of the class are on the list to be reported for AI use. 80% have at least 1 initial serious flag of AI use before review. (No detectors, just strategic assignment design & in-depth reviews)
Are online courses dead? @academic-chatter.bsky.social
Are online courses dead? @academic-chatter.bsky.social
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Please share! For Disability Pride Month, we are seeking neurodivergent academic faculty, instructors, & researchers at all levels to participate in a brief anonymous survey about their work experiences, coping strategies, & well-being. For info, go to: salisbury.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
July 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Please share! For Disability Pride Month, we are seeking neurodivergent academic faculty, instructors, & researchers at all levels to participate in a brief anonymous survey about their work experiences, coping strategies, & well-being. For info, go to: salisbury.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Why are instrumental variable regressions so underutilized in psychology? @academic-chatter.bsky.social @causalinference.bsky.social
July 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Why are instrumental variable regressions so underutilized in psychology? @academic-chatter.bsky.social @causalinference.bsky.social
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Today I spoke to a student w. a green card who was worried about that documentary had "political content" because of what's happened to student activists at Columbia etc. The subject? Life in a particular Jersey City neighbourhood. Chilling effect is real 😩
@academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicsky
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August 1, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Today I spoke to a student w. a green card who was worried about that documentary had "political content" because of what's happened to student activists at Columbia etc. The subject? Life in a particular Jersey City neighbourhood. Chilling effect is real 😩
@academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicsky
@academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicsky
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Just experienced the unique joy of having someone's discussion of my own research completely change my understanding of it #academicChatter
July 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Just experienced the unique joy of having someone's discussion of my own research completely change my understanding of it #academicChatter
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@academic-chatter.bsky.social when doing peer review, do you validate every reference used by the authors?
July 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
@academic-chatter.bsky.social when doing peer review, do you validate every reference used by the authors?
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Reminder: The Center for Advanced Studies of the University of Vienna #ViCAS is offering one-year senior and early career fellowships for deep, undisturbed research. Deadline Sept 1st. Apply here: vicas.univie.ac.at @univie.ac.at
July 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Reminder: The Center for Advanced Studies of the University of Vienna #ViCAS is offering one-year senior and early career fellowships for deep, undisturbed research. Deadline Sept 1st. Apply here: vicas.univie.ac.at @univie.ac.at
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Hello #AcademicSky!
How do you keep track of your tasks & projects?
Any brilliant (free?) software/websites/programs I should know about?
Trying to organize #research, #projects, #publications, #tasks, #e-mail (etc, etc) in one place . . .
@academic-chatter.bsky.social #academics 🗣💬 #HigherEd
How do you keep track of your tasks & projects?
Any brilliant (free?) software/websites/programs I should know about?
Trying to organize #research, #projects, #publications, #tasks, #e-mail (etc, etc) in one place . . .
@academic-chatter.bsky.social #academics 🗣💬 #HigherEd
an illustration of a woman sitting on the floor with a to do list on the wall
ALT: an illustration of a woman sitting on the floor with a to do list on the wall
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June 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Hello #AcademicSky!
How do you keep track of your tasks & projects?
Any brilliant (free?) software/websites/programs I should know about?
Trying to organize #research, #projects, #publications, #tasks, #e-mail (etc, etc) in one place . . .
@academic-chatter.bsky.social #academics 🗣💬 #HigherEd
How do you keep track of your tasks & projects?
Any brilliant (free?) software/websites/programs I should know about?
Trying to organize #research, #projects, #publications, #tasks, #e-mail (etc, etc) in one place . . .
@academic-chatter.bsky.social #academics 🗣💬 #HigherEd
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After procrastinating on this for months, here I go with my first post on this app. I finally received my confirmation today - I'm officially Dr Banerjee. 😬 So much gratitude for everyone who saw me through this, thank you for everything. @academic-chatter.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
After procrastinating on this for months, here I go with my first post on this app. I finally received my confirmation today - I'm officially Dr Banerjee. 😬 So much gratitude for everyone who saw me through this, thank you for everything. @academic-chatter.bsky.social