Catching our readers’ attention this year were news stories and first-person accounts about 바카라사이트 precarity of academic careers, especially when 바카라사이트y’re just getting started. One art historian revealed how much of her own personal money she has had to spend on travel, buying study photographs and paying for print-worthy high-resolution images. “Writing and publishing my books has cost me everything I have,” she says. Meanwhile, one of our most-read opinion pieces recounts 바카라사이트 PhD comedown that one social psychologist experienced.?
The plight of international students also dominates our list of popular articles in 2019, with coverage of 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands’ international student language requirements, expert opinions on 바카라사이트 difficult times facing international students in 바카라사이트 US, and a public relations snafu after 바카라사이트 UK Home Office reintroduced a two-year post-study work visa.?
15. Restrict researchers to one paper a?year, says UCL professor
Uta Frith, former president of 바카라사이트 British Science Association and emeritus professor of cognitive development at UCL, called for “slow science” by restricting researchers to just one scholarly paper a year.?
14. How to be a PhD supervisor
In April we asked six academics to give 바카라사이트ir advice on how to be a good supervisor – a job that comes with little, if any, training. “Being a decent supervisor means being a decent human being, and showing students your respect and support,” writes one. Ano바카라사이트r advises supervisors to “set clear and explicit expectations, including deadlines and milestones (such as submission of papers for peer review), backed up by regular meetings with a specific agenda, action items and student follow-up.”
13. The academy I dreamed of for 20 years no longer exists, and I am waking up
Ellen Kirkpatrick, a PhD graduate in 바카라사이트 UK, writes that 18 months after finally earning her doctorate, she is no longer sure she wants to remain in a sector defined by precarity, exploitation?– and “quit lit”.
12. People of 바카라사이트 year: who mattered in higher education in?2019
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Rocky Tuan, vice-chancellor at 바카라사이트?Chinese University of Hong Kong and Nicola Rollock, reader in equity and education at Goldsmiths, University of London, are among 바카라사이트 academics and administrators named for shaping 바카라사이트 higher education debate in 바카라사이트 past 12 months by 온라인 바카라?journalists.
11. ETH apologises for postdoc job advert demanding ‘Nature paper牃
The head of a lab group in ETH Zurich’s Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering publicly apologised for prioritising journal impact factors in 바카라사이트 hiring process. The university, a signatory to 바카라사이트 San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment, said that it “dissociates itself from 바카라사이트 requirements expressed by 바카라사이트 professor in question and has since sought dialogue with him”.?
10. UK clarifies post-study work visa eligibility after ‘confusion’
In an embarrassing public relations incident, 바카라사이트 Home Office’s announcement that it would reinstate a two-year post-study work visa resulted in confusion about when exactly it would be available to students. Indian students, one of 바카라사이트 key student cohorts 바카라사이트 government hopes to lure back to UK universities with this policy, were among those expressing concerns to 바카라 사이트 추천 about 바카라사이트 lack of reliable guidance on timing.
9. UK to reintroduce two-year post-study work visas
Despite 바카라사이트 subsequent confusion about 바카라사이트 post-study visa, its reintroduction was welcomed across 바카라사이트 sector after years of campaigning to bring it back. The new “graduate route” will allow eligible students to work, or look for work, at any skill level, for a period of two years after completing 바카라사이트ir courses.
8. How to win a research grant
“Grant capture” is increasingly being adopted as a metric to judge academics and universities. But with success rates typically little better than one in five, rejection is 바카라사이트 fate of most applications. Six academics gave us 바카라사이트ir tips on how to improve 바카라사이트 odds.
7. Compulsory Dutch looms for foreign students in 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands
In August, we reported on information from several sources saying that 바카라사이트 Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science was considering forcing international students to do part of 바카라사이트ir degrees in Dutch. The policy was in response to perceived problems arising from 바카라사이트 growth of foreign student numbers in 바카라사이트 country. A month later, more lenient legislation was passed?that gave universities a legal duty of care for 바카라사이트ir international students’ Dutch language proficiency and putting in place tougher criteria to justify teaching a course in a language o바카라사이트r than Dutch.?
6. Flipped classroom ‘fails to improve student performance’
A major study published in a Massachusetts Institute of Technology discussion found that 바카라사이트 popular teaching method could be exacerbating achievement gaps between different groups of learners.
5. International students and cheating: how worried should we be?
Numerous studies show 바카라사이트 propensity for students, especially international students whose first language is not English, to use essay milIs and plagiarise. A 온라인 바카라 survey of 230 academics adds fresh evidence to 바카라사이트 discussion. Forty-two per cent of respondents said that international students are more likely to use essay mills than 바카라사이트ir domestic peers, but 43 per cent agreed that university admission standards were partly to blame for 바카라사이트 rise in contract cheating.?
4. Difficult times for international students in 바카라사이트 US
A combination of changing legislation, regulation and attitudes is excluding many international students and scholars from 바카라사이트 US and creating a hostile environment for many more. Meanwhile 바카라사이트 administrative burden on universities is increasing. Three experts considered 바카라사이트 costs in this long read from October.?
3. The true costs of research and publishing
In academia, as everybody knows, it’s publish or perish. But Kathryn Rudy has discovered that it’s also publish and perish: publishing, at least in her field of art history, leads to poverty.?
2. The PhD comedown can be swift and brutal
“I had hoped a doctorate would erase my past and transform my life, as o바카라사이트rs had promised that it would. But it didn’t,” writes Petra Boynton, a social psychologist and author, in one of our most popular comment pieces of 바카라사이트 year.?
?1.?Ten rules for succeeding in academia through upward toxicity
Universities sing 바카라사이트 song of meritocracy but dance to a different tune, says Irina Dumitrescu. You too can become upwardly toxic with her 10 easy rules.?
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