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July 10, 2019August 15, 2019  by Jeremy Trevelyan Burman

Reframing rejection in academia

“It is possible to commit no mistakes, and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life,” said then-Captain Jean-Luc Picard. This was thirty years ago. (The episode aired on 10 July 1989.) But it’s worth remembering. It’s also timely: Picard returns to screens this Autumn, albeit as a retired Admiral. And because I […]

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July 19, 2018  by Mandy van der Gaag

Dealing with The Numbers Game

How to deal with the numbers game in academia? After defending her PhD in December 2017, Mandy reflects on why numbers (of publications, grants) are so important in academia, and gives concrete advise for (starting) academics who need to deal with this issue.

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October 4, 2017October 10, 2017  by Stephan Schleim

Why are we doing what we are doing?

Is it for the money that we are doing what we are doing? That doesn’t fit at all with a community defined by its intrinsic motivation, and certainly not when the object of that motivation is knowledge.

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