Update on the National Science Foundation (#NSF) stance on #AI in review and proposal writing.
"A key observation for reviewers is that sharing proposal information with generative AI technology via the open internet violates the confidentiality and integrity principles of NSF's merit review process."
On the #enshitification of #academic#publishing. Where scientists burn the candle at both ends, paying to read and publish their work, in what is the ultimate grift.
👌 Academic and small business owner here. This couldn't be more on point.
Academics lack key business skills which I argue are required even within #academia but are never taught with systemic management dysfunction as a result.
One of the weirdest experience in this social media ecology was to receive an email today from the research hub of a faculty announcing they've joined #Bluesky and inviting all of us to follow them there. They specified you need a code link. But they have none.
A university hub. In an exclusive social media club. I have no words (which is very, very rare).
Hello #AcademicFedi and #AcademicMastodon
I have a question for you (which might sound a bit provocative, but it's an actual genuine question).
What is really the value of Auto-ethnography?
I notice a new trend in some PhD group chat (Humanities) of students resorting to this method for their research. I'm personally puzzled, because beyond some reflexivity, how can a n=1 sample being any representative? Also, isn't it a very individualistic take on research?
Happy to host Polina Rusanova, between Oct 2023 and Jan. 2024, for her #PhD internship. Her thesis title is "Moving towards a sustainable use of #fisheries resources: Nutritional quality, #contaminants, #bioactive compounds, and new bycatch based #food", Università Di #Palermo, Italy.
How are #altmetrics services adjusting for the decline of #Twitter, especially #AcademicTwitter? Are they giving Twitter mentions less weight? Are they tracking mentions in other social-media platforms? If so, which platforms? Where do they think academics are going? Do they have good data?
Responding to a post I saw from someone on the #tenuretrack -
I don’t care what your associate dean or department chair tells you: you have to rest. Not half-hour cat nap. Rest for a whole day. You need to do what you like. You need to walk in fresh air. You need to see friends and family. In the long run, it will help you, particularly in the final stretch. #academia#academicmastodon#academicchatter@academicchatter
I'm preparing my CV for a tenure track application and stepping through all my publications brings back so many memories.
The friends made, the fieldwork stories, the places visited, the teaching, the disappointment and frustration, the parties after (or before) things were finished.
I think I managed to do a lot of good science while having fun at it. I has been a privilege, which I hope to pay forward.
To those wondering how my Halloween Pavlovian toss the students a candy bar when they speak experiment went: pretty much the same in both classes.
First 2 students were all “what is going on?” w/ 1 even doing the Pip from LoTR gazing up into the Heavens. The 3rd student then tested the theory that talking generated candy. Once that proved successful, the floodgates opened up. #academia#academicchatter#academicmastodon@academicchatter
To those wondering how my Halloween Pavlovian toss the students a candy bar when they speak experiment went: pretty much the same in both classes.
First 2 students were all “what is going on?” w/ 1 even doing the Pip from LoTR gazing up into the Heavens. The 3rd student then tested the theory that talking generated candy. Once that proved successful, the floodgates opened up. #academia academicchatter #academicmastodon@academicchatter
We have looked to MOOCs, OERs, open access publications, and online education generally to widen access to higher education for those disadvantaged by the digital divide as well as for learners worldwide who are not affluent enough to access f2f higher education.
It breaks my heart thinking about all the #students who were ready to start their new #MSc or #phd in foreign countries and now they have to give up because they cannot travel from many more countries other than #Israel and #Palestine
(This will be a very long list by the end of the year if I keep it up. We'll see.)
Your statements are basically done after the first few deadlines. I always thought I'd customize extensively for each school.
Nope.
On a week like this (with so many apps due Sep 15), you just don't have time. You have to trust that you already put in the work with your base template. It's a mental shift from fellowship apps.