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Tag Archives: graduate school
Useful answers for “What are you going to do with that?”
It’s all well and good for me to say it isn’t the right question. People still ask it. People you care about. People you have trouble ignoring or being snarky to. So what do you say? Assume the best intentions … Continue reading
Taking responsibility for your PhD
There is a lot of discussion out there about attrition rates (high) and time to completion (long). Beyond asking questions of your prospective programs, what can you do to make sure that you finish and finish in a reasonable time? Take responsibility. Here’s an extended example from one cur Continue reading
Posted in Career Planning
Tagged attrition, completion, graduate school, PhD programs, Political Science, SSHRC, University of Victoria
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Which student are you writing this syllabus for?
In the online biz world standard advice about writing a blog post is that you should write to one reader. I’m not sure I always succeed, but it is sensible advice. Thinking back to the days when I planned courses, … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Skills
Tagged assessment, athletes, course planning, effort, grading, graduate school, learning objectives, marking, passion, politics
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Finishing the Dissertation
If you are still working on your PhD dissertation, or if you supervise doctoral students, this post is for you. As you may be aware completion times in the humanities and social sciences are long. Much longer than for other … Continue reading
What is a doctoral candidate to do?
A recent article in the Globe & Mail reported on the lack of tenure-track posts in the current economic climate. A similar article in the New York Times appeared a couple of weeks previously. It seems that searches are being … Continue reading
Posted in Career Planning
Tagged academic labour market, graduate school, non-academic careers
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