Academic Agony Aunt

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[Academic Agony Aunt @AcademicAunt]

Please have some respect and check with an account before using them to promote your business adverts. If this continues much more, I will simply block people. Do ask. I may want to endorse you. Just don’t assume I will.

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@JMPSimor @CeeMacBee @LizWebsterSBF I doubt she has ever gotten her boots dirty near a farm and wouldn’t understand farming if she was escorted around one.

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@Adam_Kuz Mincepies

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@MasculinePeak @PRODUKTIVE No, they aren’t. They don’t care. Get over it

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@phdscholar_CC @AcademicChatter @PhD_Genie @PhDVoice Please do not use my account to promote yours without asking first. I cannot recommend you because you are frankly rude

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@ColleenDerkatch NNR - signature which literally means No Need to Reply

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@DJGould94 😂 coffee, cookies and funding running out

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@FryRsquared A genuinely loved this episode. The house erupted into laughter. I could see the twinkle in your eye. It’s the same one I have with my students. I’m just waiting for the penny to drop.

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@annascheye 😂

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Why can no academic talk ever run on time 😞
Wrong answer- go

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@PhDVoice There is some cases a raw abuse of power. I’ve come across a case recently where it feels like the student was set up to fail. I can’t reveal details but the lab wasn’t prepared for the study and didn’t want to. Now student is stuck

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@njoybetz @HappyHealthSci1 ?

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@PhDVoice Evidence.
Learn to say no and focus as much as you can on your Phd. I appreciate this is difficult.
Remember that this is a lot about them and not just about you.

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@PhDVoice I suspect he may be telling all of the students this because he sounds like a bully stop.
The best defence you can have is to take notes of all the work you are doing, document everything, especially if he asks you to work on side projects. This way you can come back with

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At the time, I informed you that I wanted my data deleted under GDPR and you kept it in place.

You have a serious problem @SpringerNature

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Springer nature, certainly can’t save the world. They can’t even keep a database confidential.

Thank you for informing me that you’ve been hacked and that you have leaked all our information. Information I did not actually supply but that you took from another source.

[Springer Nature @SpringerNature]

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[Anna Schueth, PhD @SchuethAnna]

I didn`t start my academic career until I was 30.
I didn`t obtain my PhD until I was 35.
At 20, I thought my life was over🎗️
At 42, I know it`s just the beginning & I signed the contract for my permanent position (tenure track/ assistant professor).
It is never too late to start.

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@Alex_Bramley3 Lovely!!

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@Write_n_Publish No, it is for any Dutch academic. Regardless of where they publish. Within six months, they can make their publication open access.

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@ResearchGate @MDPIOpenAccess Such a pity. Do you not have standards?