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How to develop a high impact research paper: the case of feedback literacy

LSE Higher Education Blog

Rejections are ubiquitous in academia, and represent an opportunity to reflect, revise, and move forward The article was rejected by the first target journal with the negative reviewer finding it reliant on creative synthesis by the authors as opposed to using more clearly defined processes of systematic review methodology.

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What the experience of neurodivergent PhD students teaches us, and why it makes me angry

SRHE

The myth of meritocracy Academia clings to the fiction that the current system rewards pure intellectual merit. Academia tends to attract deep thinkers with intense focus on specific topics traits often associated with autism (‘special interests’ anyone?). So why don’t these great ideas become reality?

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Restoring academic values: a key for university effectiveness

SRHE

It argues that across the system the government, corporate leaders and Academia, each play an important, but distinct role in ensuring the system, and universities, function effectively. The Framework represents our current re-definition of the academic profession in the more accountable Australian HE context.

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Burnout and Work-Work Balance

Inside Higher Ed

In my book Unraveling Faculty Burnout: Pathways to Reckoning and Renewal (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022), I dive deep into my personal experience and share those of other women from across academia with the goal of shedding light and providing language for us to have open conversations about this workplace phenomenon.

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First time attendee at ACRL 2023: Getting there can be enough 

ACRLog

March has gone by so fast, and that’s definitely in part because of the ACRL 2023 conference. Maybe you expected this post to be more of a conference report, and I will definitely shout out some of the work I saw later, but I start with this to normalize the mental health struggles that can come with conference attendance.

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Colleges Look to Cluster Hires Amid Diversity Hostilities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hall was so enamored of her cluster that she produced a short film about it, documenting how the relationships that she and the other professors had formed helped them navigate being people of color in academia. After she told him, he said, “Hmmm… the school has definitely changed.” It definitely helped me stay in the role.”

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Hong Kong launches new graduate visa

The PIE News

” “Building a sustainable and liveable Hong Kong will definitely facilitate the University of Hong Kong and other local universities to attract international talents, enhance the overall competitiveness of Hong Kong academia and build a strong pool of talent for the region and the country,” the statement added.

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