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Leaders and directors

May 28, 2019May 28, 2019 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ Leave a comment
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Ilia Efimovich Repin – “Barge-haulers on the Volga”

Judging how much control to exert over a research project is one of mentoring’s trickiest balancing acts. Continue reading →

Long-distance learning

March 3, 2019 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ 4 Comments
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Caravaggio, “The inspiration of Saint Matthew”

Freddie Mercury, J K Rowling, and the scientific primary literature. Continue reading →

The selfish case for teaching

November 11, 2018 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ 1 Comment
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Joseph Wright of Derby, “Academy by lamplight”

Scientists have more to gain from teaching than they often realise. Continue reading →

Stop the ventriloquists!

August 27, 2018 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ Leave a comment
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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

May 31, 2018 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ 1 Comment
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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?

April 12, 2018July 21, 2021 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ 3 Comments
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Is science losing its playfulness? Continue reading →

Don’t teach facts!

February 22, 2018 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ Leave a comment
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Joseph Wright of Derby, “An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump” (1768)

Cultivating the right mindset is more important than cramming mnemonics. Continue reading →

Vicious circles and poison pens

February 8, 2018 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ 2 Comments
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We don’t train young scientists how to review papers. Continue reading →

Dumping and delegating

December 22, 2017 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ Leave a comment

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A position of authority can easily lead to an abrogation of responsibility.

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Shaping the mould

October 28, 2017 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ 1 Comment
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Students and postdocs cannot simply be clones of their mentor. Continue reading →

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