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There are ways to strike a balance between career aspirations and caregiving responsibilities, and institutions are beginning to recognize the need for policies that…
- Sunaina Singh
- March 4, 2024
This is a first-person account of a transgender grad student’s feelings of isolation, which eventually led them to move out of academia.
- Editage Insights
- May 16, 2023
Why do so many researchers eventually lose motivation and suffer from burnout? Furthermore, how can research group leaders maintain and improve the motivation necessary…
- David Burbridge
- April 20, 2023
Here's a PhD student's journey of being a scholar -- what she enjoys the most, the most challenging aspect, and how can one make the best out of their PhD experience.
- Anastasia Shavrova
- March 17, 2023
Most scholars inevitably wonder about the things they wish they knew before enrolling for the journey. These are the 3 top learnings of Saranath Parthasarathy, a PhD…
- Mr. Saranath Parthasarathy
- March 1, 2023
When a student comes from an underrepresented background, such feelings can be intensified by a real or perceived sense of not belonging in their situation. This post…
- David Burbridge
- January 20, 2023
The results of the CACTUS Mental Health Survey indicated that 37% of more than 13,000 worldwide respondents reported experiencing harassment or bullying in their…
- Jennifer Ulz
- October 31, 2022
Society relies on researchers to be creative thinkers and problem-solvers, advancing the frontiers of human knowledge and finding answers to some of the most complex…
- Mriganka Awati
- January 27, 2021
As life forced many of us to move from one type of daily normal to another, we have all been tasked with keeping the wheels of productivity turning. Many are desperately…
- Dahlia Thompson
- December 7, 2020
Research culture has often been described as inherently competitive, stressful, and hierarchical. Chasing research excellence has led long working hours and work…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- November 6, 2020