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Hey #neuroscience folks, for some reason my university thought it was a wise idea to be put me in charge as director of our neuroscience institute for a little while. Those of you working in the trenches at all levels (e.g. students, RAs, postdocs, faculty) I'd like to hear from you.
What are specific things that a department/institute can do to either inject more joy in the work or make the process of research easier?
have any labs/departments tried getting support for their journal club through @ASAPbio to convert it to a preprint review club? looks like it could be really beneficial to the #OpenScience ecosystem!
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Apply for support in converting your journal club to a preprint review club
Traditional journal clubs are present in most labs and departments bringing together early career researchers to discuss and review a chosen article. These groups effectively perform peer review but often don't share the comments with the authors.ASAPbio
I recently taught a course while I was already slightly sick. During the next 2 1/2 hours of lecturing, I completely lost my voice and damaged my vocal chords. 🤦♂️ Don't be me, don't be stupid. Take care of your health first instead of doing things like this out of a sense of obligation.
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Yes, the ex-publishers have essentially reversed the net flow of information: it used to flow from them to us, through the journals. Now we provide them with our data and that's where the real gold is found:
"Academic publishers’ most valuable asset used to be their journals. Now, it’s the data they collect from researchers and then sell."
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Elsevier’s stranglehold on academia: How publishers get rich off our data
Academic publishers get rich collecting and then selling data from researchers. That is extremely concerning, say UG researchers.UKrant.nl
Academics, what is the primary role of peer review in science?
#academicchatter #science #publishing
- Improve the quality of the work (70%, 7 votes)
- Act as a filter for selecting only the best work (30%, 3 votes)
I just finished The Dark Between The Trees, by Fiona Barnett. Creepy, creepy archaeology/history field trip goes very, very wrong, despite -- and this is a nice touch -- the repeated mentions of the PI completing the risk assessments.
Mostly vibes, rather than plot explaining what was actually going on, but it still worked.
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Campus diversity is becoming difficult to measure as students keep their race and ethnicity hidden on college applications
A year after the Supreme Court banned race-based admissions, students’ choices and college policies have affected a view of its impact.The Conversation
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Poor teacher training partly to blame for stalled engineering diversity goals
Universities have made little progress diversifying STEM fields in recent years.The Conversation
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Campuses are ground zero in debates about antisemitism − but that’s been true for 100 years
Universities have an important role in Jewish American history – highlighting both deep-seated prejudice toward Jews and Jewish students’ paths toward acceptance and assimilation.The Conversation
University Workshop Encourages Early Career Academics to Have a Side Hustle Due to Insufficient Salaries : r/academia Nov 2024
"they’re aware of how poorly they’re paying us, yet instead of addressing it directly, they suggest we overwork ourselves even more."
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- Professor Bruce Huber, Notre Dame and Professor Stephanie Shonekan, University of Maryland @academicchatter #academicchatter @blackmastodon #BlackMastodon
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Racism is such a touchy topic that many US educators avoid it – we are college professors who tackled that challenge head on
A history course created amid the upheaval of the Black Lives Matter movement invites students to have honest conversations about race. Now in its seventh year, it uses music to build bridges.The Conversation
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Scholar’s new rap album seeks to turn the tables on the ‘masters’ from the Old South
Should a rap album be counted as a scholarly work? We asked a scholar who makes hip-hop and hit the recording studio to earn his Ph.D.The Conversation
Publishers exploit our data: Elsevier's stranglehold on acadamic publishing:
ukrant.nl/magazine/elseviers-s…
Elsevier’s stranglehold on academia: How publishers get rich off our data
Academic publishers get rich collecting and then selling data from researchers. That is extremely concerning, say UG researchers.UKrant.nl
Academics, if you want to know how the next #Trump administration will likely impact us, take a look at Orban’s Hungary.
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Vance doubles down on praise for Viktor Orbán’s crackdown on universities in Hungary
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) stood by previous comments praising Hungarian President Viktor Orbán for a regulatory crackdown on the country’s universities, saying Sunday that the U.S. should embrace a si…Nick Robertson (The Hill)
If you ever thought Scientific Reports was a bit of a dodgy cash 🐄 for Springer Nature....
Open letter from fraud sleuths raises concerns over research integrity at Scientific Reports | News | Chemistry World
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Open letter from fraud sleuths raises concerns over research integrity at Scientific Reports
Springer Nature singled out over ‘seriously flawed’ peer review in journalRupali Dabas (Chemistry World)
🌟Hello #AcademicMastodon🌟
I'm Hannah and currently working on the research project to understand the role of #Mastodon in #academia during my internship here.
If you haven’t done so already, please consider participating in the project. I would love to hear from you:
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A huge THANK YOU to everyone who has already participated in the survey! It is really insightful to read your opinions and experiences.
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Academic staff engagement on Mastodon
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