Topic: Academic mentorship

Academic mentorship

An early-career researcher’s lessons learned

Sarah A Gagliano Taliun

In a new feature, The Life Academic, contributors reflect on how life and work intersect for faculty, academic librarians, academic professionals, researchers, […]

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A woman stands by a window looking pensive.
Academic mentorship, Contract faculty, Equity and social justice

‘Some of them do treat you like an idiot’: what it’s like to be a casual academic

Steven Burch, University of Tasmania; Amrinder Khosa, University of Tasmania, and Esin Ozdil, La Trobe University
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A person sits at a computer looking worried.
Academic mentorship, Health and safety, Students

3 things the pandemic taught us about inequality in college — and why they matter today

Elena G. van Stee, University of Pennsylvania

Low-income college students often face financial pressures and family obligations that their instructors cannot see. SDI Productions/E+ Collection/Getty Images Elise, a nursing […]

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A person wearing protective clothing and a mask doing work in a science lab.
Academic freedom, Academic mentorship, Corporatization and commercialization, Funding, Intellectual property

Why we need open-source science innovation — not patents and paywalls

Joshua M. Pearce, Western University
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Academic mentorship, Students, Teaching and learning

What is ‘blended learning’ and how can it benefit post-secondary students?

Siobhán McPhee, University of British Columbia and Micheal Jerowsky, University of British Columbia

Blended learning helps students learn to use new technologies so they can critically integrate and construct new knowledge while communicating in an […]

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Academic mentorship, Online education, Teaching and learning

Four lessons from online learning that should stick after the pandemic

F. Haider Alvi, Athabasca University; Deborah Hurst, Athabasca University; Janice Thomas, Athabasca University, and Martha Cleveland-Innes, Athabasca University

How do we capitalize on COVID-19 initiated change to build better education systems for the future? (Chris Montgomery/Unsplash) One of the many […]

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Academic mentorship, Contract faculty, Equity and social justice, Research and innovation

Early-career professors want changes in how tenure is evaluated in wake of pandemic effects on productivity

Jennifer Davis, University of British Columbia

Researchers in a survey said they don’t want to delay their tenure review but have the criteria for it shift. (Piqxels) After […]

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Academic mentorship, Health and safety, Students, Teaching and learning

Banning large university parties won’t work — students need to be empowered to propose change

Wendy Craig, Queen's University, Ontario and Klodiana Kolomitro, Queen's University, Ontario

When people are in a group they are more likely to engage in aggressive and risky behaviours they may not normally do […]

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Academic mentorship, Online education, Students, Teaching and learning

Open letter to my soon-to-be student: Math likely tops the list of things you worry about, but there is good news

Andrijana Burazin, University of Toronto Mississauga, Veselin Jungic, Simon Fraser University, and Miroslav Lovric, McMaster University

Dear Student: Congratulations on accepting our offer! Becoming a university student is an important and exciting milestone in your life, as well […]

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