#academic-culture

[ follow ]
Higher education
fromNature
2 days ago

Five ways to make the academic workplace happier and healthier this year

Academic culture remains hierarchical and unsafe, silencing students and rewarding research output over respectful behaviour, deterring talent and enabling misconduct.
fromNature
2 weeks ago

During the course of my PhD, I've been relearning how to rest

Somewhere along the way, I started wearing burnout like a badge of honour. In weekly lab check-ins, I make sure to mention I was in the lab over the weekend - slipping in a quiet signal that I was going above and beyond. I've made sure to send e-mails early in the morning or late at night to demonstrate I was working long hours.
Mental health
Higher education
fromNature
3 weeks ago

We need to talk about salaries in science

Academia discourages salary transparency, leaving researchers uninformed about take-home pay and causing poor career decisions with unequal consequences.
Philosophy
fromApaonline
4 months ago

Access Intimacy & Killjoy Kinship

Access intimacy emerges when people disclose access needs and others respond with understanding and enthusiastic care, transforming hostile academic spaces into mutual support.
[ Load more ]