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This article on meaningless corporate jargon is also relevant for academia in the age of the "running a university like a business" nonsense

"Researching BS also points out the importance of critical thinking for everyone, inside the workplace and out. "

“Most of us, in the right situation, can get taken in by language that sounds sophisticated but isn’t"

news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/…

#AcademicChatter #academia

Workers who love ‘synergizing paradigms’ might be bad at their jobs | Cornell Chronicle

Employees who are impressed by vague corporate-speak like “synergistic leadership,” or “growth-hacking paradigms” may struggle with practical decision-making, a new Cornell study into “corporate BS” reveals.
Cornell Chronicle
#academia #academicchatter

#science #ccby #NIH #ScienceMastodon #academicchatter #communication #illustrations #proteinsynthesis #figure #biorender #cco

#science #academia #academicchatter

Abandoning these rankings is way overdue, IMHO:

"The higher-education sector should collectively — and vocally — agree that the current rankings are not fit for purpose."

nature.com/articles/d41586-025…

Lizzie Gadd @lizziegadd is spot on, as always!

#rankings #universities #prestige #academicchatter

To reform universities, first tackle global rankings

Universities are in thrall to a rankings system that prioritizes narrow aspects of academic life. Three changes would give institutions the freedom to explore fresh ways of working.
Gadd, Elizabeth
#academicchatter #universities #rankings #prestige @lizziegadd

This should be required reading for anyone in HE or education.
(via Ben W)

defector.com/higher-eds-rush-t…

#academia #academicchatter #ai #GenAI

*... the accelerated conversion of universities into profit centers for private equity is their accelerated conversion into glorified job-training centers. Most schools are treating their AI procurements as vocational training, in some cases directly transferring university resources toward this perceived demand for AI-literate workers.*

Higher Ed’s Rush To Adopt AI Is About So Much More Than AI | Defector

If you don’t work at a university or have college-age kids, you may have missed the flurry of news stories and social media banter about AI adoption in higher ed, stories which have snowballed into the early fall semester.
defector.com
#AI #academia #academicchatter #genai

#Research #academia #academicchatter #scienceadvances #scirev

#academicchatter #AcademicWriting

An assistant professor position in computational analysis of single-cell and spatial omics data with my PhD advisor is open at the University of Amsterdam!

academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3…

@bioinformatics #FediHire #getfedihired #fedijobs #academicchatter

Assistant Professor Computational Analysis of Single-cell and Spatial Omics Data

Are you passionate about developing omics data analysis methodology? Are you fascinated by the opportunities of omics data at single-cell or spatial resolution? Would you like to work at the forefront of method development and contribute to answerin…
AcademicTransfer
#academicchatter #getfedihired #fedihire #fedijobs @bioinformatics group

timeshighereducation.com/news/…

“We're supposed to have time to think, we’re supposed to be creative, we’re supposed to be the people who are coming up with new solutions…how can you do that if you spend all your day filling in forms?"

#AcademicChatter

‘Mountain of small things’ killing academia, warns Oxford scholar

Overly cautious institutions pushing ‘bullshit jobs’ on their staff ‘destroying academia from within’, says neuroscientist
Patrick Jack (Times Higher Education (THE))
#academicchatter

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US to cut billions in medical research funding

“Sick kids may not get the treatment they need. Clinical trials may be shut down abruptly with dangerous consequences. Just because Elon Musk doesn’t understand indirect costs doesn’t mean Americans should have to pay the price with their lives"

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/f…

#AcademicChatter #NIH #science #medicine

Trump administration to cut billions in medical research funding

National Institutes of Health said the $4bn loss will affect ‘indirect’ funding of buildings, equipment and staff
Oliver Milman (The Guardian)
#science #medicine #NIH #academicchatter

#Academia
#AcademicChatter

If you work at an r1 in the US, it's likely that at least some of them will bankrupt in the next year. New guidance issued instantly capping indirects at 15%.

Those that don't go bankrupt are going to be purged of a substantial amount of staff and faculty.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/no…

NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
#academia #academicchatter

Are there any PhDs in law/social sciences/public policy out there in the fediverse who would like to help hammer global, regional, and local AI Policy into shape? The AI Policy Lab at Umeå University is looking for a staff scientist/policy analyst for a full-time, permanent position. #getfedihired #academicchatter

Last day to apply is January 15th!

umu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobI…

Staff scientist with a focus on AI policy and governance

The AI Policy Lab at Umeå University is committed to advancing research and developing actionable policy insights to support the ethical and responsible governance of AI. We collaborate with key stak
umu.varbi.com
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#academicchatter #highered #AusAcademia

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🌟Hello #AcademicMastodon🌟

I'm Hannah and currently working on the research project to understand the role of #Mastodon in #academia during my internship here.

If you haven’t done so already, please consider participating in the project. I would love to hear from you:

🔗rug.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/…

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who has already participated in the survey! It is really insightful to read your opinions and experiences.

#AcademicChatter #OpenScience #Plushtodon #SocialMedia

Academic staff engagement on Mastodon

The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.
rug.eu.qualtrics.com
#mastodon #openscience #Socialmedia #academia #academicchatter #AcademicMastodon #plushtodon

Universities are not just businesses, but an investment in future generations

I would go a step further and argue that universities should nit be treated like businesses at all

nature.com/articles/d41586-024…

#academicchatter #academia

Universities are not just businesses, but an investment in future generations

Many UK universities are in a financial crisis. But the government is leaving them to flounder, treating higher education as a private-sector industry and research as a public investment.
www.nature.com
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Stop what you’re doing and start the electric #zine maker. alienmelon.itch.io/electric-zi…

Seriously. This designs our guide for the infrastructure walk during the upcoming annual conference of the CRC Virtual Lifeworlds. virtuelle-lebenswelten.de/

#sts #academicchatter alienmelon.itch.io/electric-zi…

Electric Zine Maker (a work in progress, be gentle, hug it often) by alienmelon

The Electric Zine Maker (⚡️📝✂️) is a printshop and art tool for making zines.
itch.io
#zine #academicchatter #sts

"We fly lots, and we say that we shouldn't,” says Jonas De Vos, a transport geographer at University College London (UCL) and the first author of the latest study. “We are hypocrites.”

nature.com/articles/d41586-024…

The standard wisdom is that academic careers, especially early, are harmed when academics don't jet around the world for in-person meetings. This article suggests that the importance of this travel is overstated, while the carbon cost is clear.

#ClimateChange #AirTravel #AcademicChatter

Academics say flying to meetings harms the climate — but they carry on

A survey at one of the biggest UK research universities finds that staff often end up flying to meetings despite a preference to avoid air travel.
Soliman, Alix
#climatechange #academicchatter #airTravel

Have you ever thought about questionable research practices (QRPs) in academia?

The Retraction Watch team have highlighted this new paper in PLoSOne that has a systematic analysis. The authors identify 25 QRPs and then survey a lot of academics.

The results are interesting, widespread use of QRPs, sort of a grey area of acedemic behaviour, with some explanatory factors.

I'm bookmarking this for future use.

journals.plos.org/plosone/arti…

#academia #academicchatter #research #researchethics #academicpublishing

Is something rotten in the state of Denmark? Cross-national evidence for widespread involvement but not systematic use of questionable research practices across all fields of research

Questionable research practices (QRP) are believed to be widespread, but empirical assessments are generally restricted to a few types of practices.
journals.plos.org
#Research #academia #academicchatter #academicpublishing #researchethics

I've been enjoying Mastadon but have missed the academic side of things--I used to find so many resources for students and faculty on Twitter. I realized that I need to start doing them myself and maybe we'll build a community. So, here I go:
New book for grad students found on JSTOR: Grad School Life: Surviving and Thriving Beyond Coursework and Research, Kory-Westlund, Columbia University Press, www-jstor-org.ezproxy.lib.vt.e…

#academicchatter #gradschool #gradstudents #academiclife

Shibboleth Authentication Request

www-jstor-org.ezproxy.lib.vt.edu
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The NIH panel on postdocs proposes to shorten the eligibility period for K99 to 3 years down from 5 years.

I understand their motivation is reducing the training period for successful faculty, but I think an unintended consequence is it is going to reduce scientific innovation. If you have to show you are on a successful trajectory that early, people are going to choose safe projects.

acd.od.nih.gov/documents/prese…

#NIH #AcademicChatter

#NIH #academicchatter

#academia #academicchatter

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‘We need to slow down scientific publishing’

'We focus on metrics to evaluate a scientist’s career: how many articles they have published, how many times they were cited, what was the impact factor of all these articles. '

english.elpais.com/science-tec…

#publishing #science #stem #academicchatter

Elisabeth Bik, expert in scientific integrity: ‘We need to slow down scientific publishing’

The Dutch microbiologist has been voluntarily searching for duplicate, erroneous or retouched academic images for more than 10 years and warning universities and scientific journals about it
Beatriz Olaizola (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)
#science #stem #publishing #academicchatter

#academicchatter #academicjobs #ScienceJobs #assistantprofessor @u/jobsecoevo

📢 The University of Virginia is launching a fully-funded PhD in Media Studies. Applications for Fall 2024 are now open!

🔭 This interdisciplinary research degree investigates texts, audiences, industries, and tech in relation to economic, political, and social systems of power.

💸 Funding covers tuition, fees, health insurance, and an annual stipend of $30K for up to 5 years.

📅 Deadline:
December 15

📝 Details:
mediastudies.as.virginia.edu/a…

#mediastudies #commodon #communication #academicchatter

#academicchatter #commodon #communication #mediastudies

#Education #academic #open #academicchatter #AcademicMastodon

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Wow. Ok. Normally I feel like it's a bit overplayed to individually comment on #MDPI in the whole #AcademicChatter conversation, but this is really a must-see:

A Special Issue where the guest editors are lead or senior author on 27 of the 28 papers it published. Were they also their own reviewers!? Like... that sounds like I'm taking the piss, but... no seriously were they?
mdpi.com/journal/processes/spe…

I guess this is a preview to an upcoming post. Look forward to it...

Towards Autonomous Operation of Biologics and Botanicals

Special Issue in journal Processes: Towards Autonomous Operation of Biologics and Botanicals
www.mdpi.com
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This. Is. Hilarious.

The PhD-Simulator

research.wmz.ninja/projects/ph…

#PhDs #phdlife #IchBinHanna #IchBinReyhan #WissZeitVG #AcademicChatter

PhD Simulator - A Text-Based Game by Mianzhi Wang

A completely random event based text game. Simply make your choice at the beginning of each month and see if you can graduate in time. All outcomes are determined by the random number generator and do not take them seriously.
research.wmz.ninja
#phdlife #academicchatter #phds #IchbinHanna #IchbinReyhan #wisszeitvg

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So many good points in this piece by
@PhilippBayer

My highlight in this screenshot (#science delivery & success is a TEAM effort!), but if you're vaguely involved in #academia +/- #bioinformatics, do have a read and think how it all may apply to you. #academicchatter @academicchatter
genomic.social/@PhilippBayer/1…

Philipp Bayer

2023-07-02 13:58:01

mastodon - Link to source

A new blog-post: the two cultures of bioinformatics, and how academia selects against one philippbayer.github.io/blerg/p…

The two cultures of bioinformatics

i ramble about bioinformatics careers
Hello! Welcome!
#science #bioinformatics #academia #academicchatter @Philipp Bayer @u/academicchatter

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Happy to say I defended my dissertation "Methods and complexity in phage-bacteria ecology and evolution"!

Much thanks to all those who supported me throughout my PhD.

I'm glad to be sticking around the Turner Lab for another year as a post-doc to continue my work on multispecies phage-bacteria communities

#PhDone #AcademicChatter #AcademicMastodon #Academia #PhD #Ecology #Evolution #Phage #Phages

#ecology #Evolution #PhD #academia #academicchatter #phage #Phages #PhDone #AcademicMastodon

New #BehindThePaper blog post!
@annasimsbiol discusses her new paper on superinfection exclusion in influenza virus plos.io/3HXscie and working in a #virology lab during a pandemic
#PLOSBiology #academiclife #AcademicChatter
biologue.plos.org/2023/03/22/h…

Behind the paper: human collaboration to study virus interactions - PLOS Biologue

In this ‘behind the paper’ post, Anna Sims discusses her experience working in a virology lab during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic while not working in SARS-COV-2, and the importance of collaboration and discussion with peers in science.
PLOS Biology (PLOS Biologue)
#academicchatter #plosbiology #virology #academiclife #behindthepaper

Over on the bird site they're talking about how MDPI journals have been added to the list of "predatory" journals.

What do you think?

predatoryreports.org/news/f/li…

#academia #AcademicChatter #academic #science #publishing #PeerReview

  • About time! All MDPI journals are "predatory" (57%, 26 votes)
  • Mmm, only some MDPI journals are "predatory" (20%, 9 votes)
  • MDPI journals are iffy, but not fully "predatory" (20%, 9 votes)
  • MDPI journals are fine! (2%, 1 vote)
45 voters. Poll end: 3 years ago

#science #academic #publishing #academia #academicchatter #peerreview

Thousands of scientists publish a paper every five days

nature.com/articles/d41586-018…

@academicchatter @academicsunite #academicchatter @phdlife @PhD_Genie @phdstudents #phdlife #highereducation #postdocjobs #postdocposition #postdoclife #research #studyabroad #OpenScience #peerreview

Thousands of scientists publish a paper every five days

To highlight uncertain norms in authorship, John P. A. Ioannidis, Richard Klavans and Kevin W. Boyack identified the most prolific scientists of recent years.
Boyack, Kevin W.
#openscience #Research #phdlife #academicchatter #highereducation #postdocjobs #postdocposition #PostdocLife #studyabroad #peerreview @u/academicchatter @u/academicsunite @u/phdlife @PhD_Genie @u/phdstudents

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Hi! #introduction ! I'm a #phd student in #chemistry ! I study #nanoparticle #liquidcrystal self-assembly, which has implications in our understandings of #biology nanostructures, #materials chemistry, and #nanotechnology

I’ve been #scicomm ing my #research on #twitch - I'm developing #3dprinting inks from seaweed and other #biomaterials !

I interview scientists weekly, so if you're interested, let me know! I’d love to have you

#phdchat #academic #academia #academicchatter #introduction

#introduction #twitch #Research #chemistry #biology #academic #scicomm #3Dprinting #PhD #academia #academicchatter #nanoparticle #liquidcrystal #materials #nanotechnology #biomaterials #phdchat

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