Month: September 2010
Five neat presentation tricks
Some tricks to pep up your next research presentation
The art of asking questions
In her first Guest post Julie Rudner wonders about the art of asking questions and its place in the research journey
Top five ways to better academic networking
How academics are a bit like chimps – or something
Reflecting on fugues and research design
In her second guest post Heather writes about the discomfort that often attends breakthroughs in understanding.
5 ways to make your supervisor happy
Sometimes it’s the little things that count
How to win (academic) friends and influence people
It is well known that professors can have favourite students, which usually irritates the heck out of the students who finally work out that they are not on the list. Being the favourite student can carry a lot of power – like access to the supervisor’s time and resources (in a perfect world, of course, …continue reading.
Top 5 phone apps for researchers
Looking for an excuse to buy that smart phone? Here’s five.
On life in the lab and failure
What I found out about science during a nice trip to the country