Category Archives: academic life

Blogging and ‘Fair Use’

Update: The awesome power of the blogosphere has got Shelley an apology (see also this comment for some welcome clarification on her usage rights). Whilst this is great news, I think that the murky issues of where blogs stand with … Continue reading

Categories: academic life, bloggery, public science

When reviewers go bad

Is there a way to neuter anonymous hatchet-job reviews?
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Categories: academic life, publication

Real peer review

In theory, peer review is the sacred core of the self-correcting machinery of science. But what’s it like in practice?
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Categories: academic life, publication

Tales from junior academic land

Head over to the the third edition of What’s Up, Postdoc? for more musings from us poor and downtrodden postdocs and PhDs. You could also go and read my latest column at Naturejobs while you’re at it – it will … Continue reading

Categories: academic life, links

Do blogging and CVs mix?

My latest Naturejobs postdoc column is now available. In it I discuss some of my motivation for moving to South Africa – so you could argue that regular readers have got the widescreen technicolour version already, although the emphasis is … Continue reading

Categories: academic life