Also blogging at University Affairs Careers Café- Hangin’ with the students May 15, 2012 Nicola Koper
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SSHRC Insight compulsory Intent to Apply
If you are planning on applying for an Insight Grant this October you must submit a Notice of Intent to apply in August. I am unsurprised at this development. The compulsory Notice of Intent enables the program officers to determine … Continue reading
Practical implications of this year’s Insight results delay
I missed something in my earlier post about the what the delay in communicating the results of the SSHRC Insight competition might mean for you. If you are awarded a grant, a delay of even a couple of weeks can … Continue reading
Just because it doesn’t feel productive…
A couple of my clients are working on writing projects right now. And some weeks, their updates are less than enthusiastic. They are discouraged by their progress.
Here’s a different angle on reading that doesn’t feel like real research.
You might spend a lot of time reading with a particular project in mind only to discover that nothing you read is going to end up in what you are writing.
Although that feels like you wasted several hours reading stuff you didn’t need to read, it was actually time well spent. Continue reading
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Tagged coaching, productivity, reading, writing
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What is “research”?
Back in late January and early February, Rohan Maitzen published a few very thoughtful posts about what counts are research, the apparent conflict between research and teaching, and related issues. The title of one of these posts was “When is … Continue reading
Posted in My services, Research, Work Habits
Tagged coaching, reading, research, Rohan Maitzen, scholarship
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