The end of a semester is a cause for pride and rejoicing. Continue reading
The best ticket in town
Mentoring, teaching
Leaders and directors
Judging how much control to exert over a research project is one of mentoring’s trickiest balancing acts. Continue reading
Long-distance learning
Freddie Mercury, J K Rowling, and the scientific primary literature. Continue reading
The selfish case for teaching
Scientists have more to gain from teaching than they often realise. Continue reading
Stop the ventriloquists!
Students need to learn how to answer questions. Not letting them do so is a failure of mentorship. Continue reading
A chip off the old block
Supervisors don’t just train you in techniques, to a degree they impart their ideology as well. Continue reading
Where have all the pranksters gone?
Is science losing its playfulness? Continue reading
