Academics share their experiences and tips for coping with a changing academia – can we play the game in a different way, can we change the game?

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ChangingAcademicLife retweeted
11 Sep 2024
For several reasons, I have missed far too many episodes of @ChangeAcadLife I have much to catch up on, starting from this excellent solo podcast changingacademiclife.captiva… that offers many suggestions for self-reflection in our research work.
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I had the absolute pleasure of discussing the importance of fostering excellent research environments and strategies for building them with Geraldine Fitzpatrick, Line Maj Sternberg, and Nicklas Stott Venzel on the @ChangeAcadLife Podcast.
Are you curious about how to foster a supportive, inclusive, and creative research environment? On this week's episode of the @ChangeAcadLife Podcast we discuss why great research environments are important and how to build them. changingacademiclife.captiva…
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Celebrating the 100th CAL episode! Taking time to reflect & be grateful for all who have shared their stories, for feedback on how it connects & for support to get it done. We can together change academic life for the better! changingacademiclife.captiva… #AcademicTwitter #academia
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Thank you for sharing this. The values list is brilliant and so well articulated. Kindness does not compromise research quality. It fuels research quality! Thriving researchers do better research. Love it
📣Exciting news! @juliemidtgaard, @MichaelRathleff and I are thrilled to introduce the “Excellence and Kindness in Research Training (ELIS)” initiative. This is a new approach to academic mentorship combining excellence with kindness. More info 👉 shorturl.at/eoDMY
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Seeking #guidance & #training in academic #leadership? We've got you covered! Explore our academic leadership course, available in two formats: informatics-europe.org/event… #informatics #computerscience #academia
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Just released - part 1 of my conversation with @katta_spiel on navigating academic career uncertainties, gender identity, chronic health issues & proposal rejections and acceptance changingacademiclife.captiva… #Academia #gender #AcademicTwitter
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“Love, without action, is just a theory” 🧨❤️
An inspiring conversation with @profmarkreed about impact, mental health, self-compassion and always asking 'what would love do?" changingacademiclife.captiva… #AcademicTwitter #AcademicMentalHealth #AcademicChatter #academia #burnout
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An inspiring conversation with @profmarkreed about impact, mental health, self-compassion and always asking 'what would love do?" changingacademiclife.captiva… #AcademicTwitter #AcademicMentalHealth #AcademicChatter #academia #burnout
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Listen to me talking about mental health, love and impact with Geraldine Fitzpatrick on the @ChangeAcadLife podcast changingacademiclife.captiva…
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It's okay to say "no". It's okay to take a break. @quillis continues her experience with burnout & work overload, & how she's learning the dance of being enough, doing enough, & self-care #AcademicLife #AcademicChatter #burnout #Wellbeing #selfcare changingacademiclife.captiva…
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What would honest university rankings look like? #StudentLife wp.me/p4m9em-cwW

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“If you try to do everything you will break” – a powerful story from @quillis about trying to do too much and burning out. Part 1 out now. link.chtbl.com/ChangingAcade… #AcademicTwitter #burnout
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Following this discussion with @KarenStroobants on reforming research assessment, I reflect on some of my own experiences trying to apply the principles of contextualised individualised assessment for references etc changingacademiclife.captiva…
Replying to @KarenStroobants
@KarenStroobants discusses the really important topic of reforming research assessment with me & in particular her work as part of @CoARAssessment - Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment. It gives hope that we can make change happen! changingacademiclife.captiva…
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Thank you ☺️ I’ve just finished updating my digital wellbeing booklet, to be more neurodiverse friendly. You can find the latest version here: bit.ly/dw-booklet-2023

This is a nice booklet of simple digital well-being strategies from @martacecchinato. Found out about it via the great podcast from @geri_fitz. cecchinato.me/wp-content/upl…
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ChangingAcademicLife retweeted
19 Sep 2023
In an interview ahead of the publication of LERU’s new paper on #authorship, co-authors @IngeLerouge and Prof. Frits Rosendaal explained why a cultural change in favour of responsible and equitable authorship is necessary. 👉 leru.org/news/responsible-an…
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ChangingAcademicLife retweeted
Please rt @ChangeAcadLife. #Womeninresearch, do you sometimes feel bad when you compare yourself to others on #AcademicTwitter? Please fill out this #oxforduniversity #HCAI 15 min survey to help us develop digital tools that support researcher well-being: bit.ly/acadtwitt
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