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Tag Archives: life choices
Academic Couples
I was out for dinner the other day with a friend and colleague of mine who I hadn’t seen in awhile, catching up on the goings in each other’s lives. Two big things had happened in her life recently – … Continue reading
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Tagged dual-academic couples, Employment, Jobs, life choices, non-academic jobs, postacademic jobs
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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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Academia vs. Industry: A former Postdoc’s perspective
Academia vs. Industry I have had the unique opportunity to make this decision, recently. After nearly seven years of postdoctoral experience, I was ready for my first ‘real job’. By ready, I mean I had already been seeking that job … Continue reading
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Tagged biotechnology, business, Canada, CAPS, education, fellowship, Industry, life choices, Marianne Stanford, non-academic jobs, PDF, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, transferrable skills
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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
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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
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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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The Versatile PhD
Another site has recently come to our attention and Dave and I though that fans of The Black Hole might be interested in checking it out – it’s called The Versatile PhD and its mission is to help humanities and social … Continue reading
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Tagged Employment, life choices, non-academic jobs, nonacademic jobs, postacademic jobs, transferrable skills
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Quarterly Summary: The One Year Anniversary
In light of the one year anniversary, we’ve decided to bring a little more organization to the quarterly summaries that will make a little more succinct, as their main purpose is to help the not-so-regular reader find the articles and links that might … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, degrees, education, Employment, Government, Graduate Student, life choices, media, money, non-academic jobs, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, science and society, science communication, Summary, Training, University
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To MD or PhD: That is the Question
I almost entitled this post, When I grow up, I want to be “what all my friends are”. Indeed, almost everyone around me, apart from a few sane friends whom I treasure dearly, currently holds the title of either MD … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, degrees, doctors, education, Graduate Student, life choices, Masters in Public Health, MD, non-academic jobs, PhD, Science, Training, University
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