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Tag Archives: tenure
Bad reasons to apply for a research grant
I’ve been helping academics with research grant applications since 2005. I’ve worked directly for researchers and through research offices and Dean’s offices of universities. Most researchers find the process of applying for grants time consuming and frustrating. Low success rates … Continue reading
How I help mid-career academics
You’d think that once you get that academic job and get through whatever process you have to go through to keep it (tenure, probation, or whatever it’s called where you live), it would be plain sailing. You have been judged … Continue reading
Posted in Career Planning, My services
Tagged blogging, chair, coaching, confirmation, full professor, knowledge mobilization, mid-career, mid-life, prestige, probation, professional women, social media, tenure, wider impact, work-life balance
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How scholarship is evaluated
The quality and impact of your research is usually evaluated based on where you publish. The advent of new outlets for your scholarly work has raised some interesting issues about how this is done. A recent blog exchange about Melville … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Culture, Publishing
Tagged blogging, evaluating academics, grants, hiring, impact, indicators, promotion, Publishing, quality, reliability, scholarship, tenure, validity
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Do Conference Papers Count?
This is a question I get asked a lot. Whether it is for hiring, tenure, or a research grant, researchers seem unsure of the value of conference papers. On the one hand, conference presentations feel like they have more impact … Continue reading
Posted in Presenting
Tagged conferences, grants, hiring, impact, presentations, promotion, tenure
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