
Judging how much control to exert over a research project is one of mentoring’s trickiest balancing acts. Continue reading
Judging how much control to exert over a research project is one of mentoring’s trickiest balancing acts. Continue reading
Freddie Mercury, J K Rowling, and the scientific primary literature. Continue reading
Scientists have more to gain from teaching than they often realise. Continue reading
Students need to learn how to answer questions. Not letting them do so is a failure of mentorship. Continue reading
Supervisors don’t just train you in techniques, to a degree they impart their ideology as well. Continue reading
Is science losing its playfulness? Continue reading
Cultivating the right mindset is more important than cramming mnemonics. Continue reading
We don’t train young scientists how to review papers. Continue reading
Students and postdocs cannot simply be clones of their mentor. Continue reading