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Quarterly Summary: Back on Track
After a harrowing Stanley Cup playoff run that disappointed both of us Canucks fans in its final moments, Beth and I have reclaimed our free hours and will be moving full steam ahead with new content for the Black Hole. … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, General
Tagged Academic Couples, Budget 2010, Canada, CAPS, degrees, Employment, life choices, non-academic jobs, NSERC, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, Science, science communication, Summary, Training, University
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Nature Special Articles: The Future of the PhD
Last week, the Easter bunny dropped a sadistically timed present with a Nature special on The Future of the PhD. Just when hordes of students graduate and many trainees leave to take time off with families for Easter, Nature launches a … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, General, Jobs, Policy
Tagged Canada, degrees, education, Employment, funding, Government, Graduate Student, Japan, life choices, Nature, non-academic jobs, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, science and society, science communication, Training, transferrable skills, University
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To postdoc or not to postdoc?
Following a very popular article by Sonja B. (To MD or PhD: That is the Question), we were asked if we would be interested in having a similar article from someone choosing whether or not to become a postdoctoral fellow. … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, General, Jobs
Tagged Canada, degrees, education, Employment, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, life choices, non-academic jobs, PDF, PhD, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, scholarship, Science, Training, transferrable skills, University, work life balance
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Quarterly Summary: Expanding our Reach
This quarter, both Beth and Dave have made efforts to bring the Black Hole out of e-space and into the new territory. Firstly, a panel organised by science blogger Maryse de la Giroday at Frogheart.ca will feature Beth at Northern … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, Financial, General, Jobs, Policy, Science Communication
Tagged Cambridge, Canada, CAPS, CIHR, degrees, education, faculty of 1000, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, Health on the Hill, life choices, Marianne Stanford, money, non-academic jobs, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, science and society, science communication, Stem Cells, Summary, Sustainable Lab, taxes, Training, transferrable skills, University
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Reducing medical (science) waste: Thinking before doing…
I was sitting down with a group of scientists following a football/soccer game the other day and dropped a bomb into the conversation by asking if people thought cancer research got too much money. Nobody, myself included, disputed the obvious … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, Financial
Tagged Cambridge, Canada, core facility, degrees, discovery, Employment, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, knowledge economoy, knowledge translation, money, non-academic jobs, Peer Review, PhD, Post Doc, Science, Science journal, sustainable lab practice, Training, University
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Quarterly Summary: Black Hole 2.0
Happy 2011 everyone – we hope you’ve all enjoyed 2010 and are looking forward to engaging you on many new (and old) issues in the coming year. It’s been a great quarter for us with increased traffic despite a slightly … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Canada, degrees, doctors, education, Employment, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, knowledge translation, life choices, media, money, non-academic jobs, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, science communication, science literacy, Summary, Training, transferrable skills, University
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Professionals in High Demand
Those who know me might recall a certain penchant I have for making terrible acronyms (or jokes in general) and I can’t believe that this one has escaped me for so long: PHD = Professionals in High Demand This tidy … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, General, Jobs
Tagged Canada, degrees, disposable academic, education, Employment, Government, Graduate Student, Jeff Sharom, life choices, non-academic jobs, PhD, Policy, postacademic jobs, scholarship, Science, science and society, science communication, Training, transferrable skills, University
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Thoughts on doing a co-op in undergrad (from someone who has been there)
In response to Dave’s recent post on formal undergraduate training programs, I felt that it would be worth sharing my thoughts as someone who has just finished 16 months of co-op in academia and industry. I first started to think … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, Jobs
Tagged Canada, Co-op programs, degrees, education, Employment, Graduate Student, honours research project, Industry, international students, Lab Monkeys, life choices, medical school, Mentorship, PhD, Science, science co-op, Training, transferrable skills, undergraduate research, University
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Look Mom, I can do PCR! Benefits and Drawbacks of Formal Undergraduate Research Programs
Quick Hit: Earlier this week, I published a blog entry with the Stem Cell Network on scientists holding back the details of their data prior to publication entitled: The Royal Society and the philosophy of openness: Are we moving backwards? … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, degrees, education, fellowship, funding, Graduate Student, Lab Monkeys, life choices, NSERC, NSERC URSA, PhD, practical lab experience, royal society, scholarship, Science, science and society, Stem Cell Network, Training, undergraduate, undergraduate research, University
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Training Students: Not simply lab monkeys…
It’s term time here in Cambridge and this means that rotation students start passing through the labs (6-10 week projects in multiple labs to determine where to complete PhD research). This is a curious stage in the development of young … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, cookie-cutter PhD, degrees, education, Graduate Student, PDF, PhD, Post Doc, rotation students, Science, teaching, Training, transferrable skills, University
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