A trade to fall back on
There’s a scene from “The Vartabedian Conundrum” in Big Bang Theory where Sheldon says that his Aunt Marion gave him a stethoscope as a child because “he should have a trade to fall back on” if the...
View ArticleHow to do work-life balance: learn to say “no”
I wrote a piece for the Guardian’s Higher Education Network, all about the power of “no“. The piece was designed particularly with early-career researchers in mind, but there might be some resonance...
View ArticleAll that glitters is not gold: the fallacy of open access evangelism
All-or-nothing open access evangelism perpetuates the problems of scientific publishing. Writing in the Guardian, one advocate has even suggested that publishing behind a pay-wall is immoral. That form...
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