Academic Inspiration

Get valuable tips and resources for an enjoyable and successful academic journey

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Starting your PhD or in the midst of your postdoc?
Academic journey is a mix of excitement and uncertainty.

We're here to provide you with the tips, tools and resources you need to succeed!

That's why we created Academic Inspiration! 📖🧠💡
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[Dr. Muhammad Shehryar Khan @SKhanistan]

Landing tenure is a pipe dream for most postdoctoral researchers. They need business skills to help them thrive outside academia.

https://t.co/0JY9aykD6s

@PostPhDRoad @PostdocVoice @PhDVoice @ThePhDPlace @phdhardtalk @MasterAcademia_ @academicinsp @AcademicsSay

[Academic Inspiration @academicinsp]

Great and very often overlooked advice for working in science!

[Andrew Akbashev @Andrew_Akbashev]

It’s vital to mentoring a #PhD student on HOW to mentor.

When I do such sessions, I see so many “Aha!” moments from students.

Why is it important?

Because the ABILITY to mentor can be trained. You can pass it to your students, who later may become outstanding leaders if they get the basics of mentorship early on.

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There are lots of things about mentorship that most students never thought about.

For example: 

- You can show how an ordinary talk can incorporate mentorship, often without the mentee even realizing it

- You can show how to strategize mentorship by breaking it into different components and dosing carefully

- You can show how the right mentorship can result in a better work-life balance and overall job satisfaction

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Under the right guidance, PhD students can practice and mentor undergraduate and master’s students who come to your lab.

This helps you to SCALE your mentorship across the entire team, extending it to MS students and undergrads (who in turn become more competitive for PhD or industry positions). 

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My point is:

Having “How to mentor” sessions with your mentees will greatly benefit everyone, especially when you’re just building a group culture or grow your team.

Just try it!

You will make your students happier.

#AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

You don’t get rewarded for hard work, you get rewarded for hard work that follows good decisions.

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Having more people join you on a project will improve your work, your research and your learning of both hard and soft skills.

Look for healthy collaborations. 💪

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Amongst many struggles, it's essential to look on the bright side and find inspiration from people who enjoy their careers!

[Vicky Howe @DrVickyHowe]

@academicinsp There are many reasons but one small part can be the way we compare ourselves to others. I just wrote a blog post on this, in case anyone is interested https://t.co/Shc1UhOkgT

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@DrVickyHowe Thank you for sharing!

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Why are the majority of Ph.D. students unhappy, tired, and frustrated? Where did the system go wrong, and how to fix it? #AcademicTwitter #MentalHealthAwareness #motivation

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This seems extremely interesting!

[PhD Voice - Independently Run @PhDVoice]

PhD students, and academics in general, are not paid enough, especially given the inflation. This is a major problem that is forcing many below the poverty line, and out of academia.

To solve this problem, we’ve created a platform where academics can earn more money from their academic skills that they already have.

It’s called “Academic Tasks Solutions” (@Academic_Tasks on Twitter, make sure to follow).

It’s kind of like “Fiverr” for academia where academics can list academic services to help other academics, and get paid for them.

For example, you might be good a programming. Posting a job where you can write codes for other academics can earn you more money.

Or, perhaps you’re good at transcribing interviews. There are hundreds of thousands of academics who have interviews that need to be transcribed. By offering this academic service, you can earn more money.

Or, maybe you’re good at making figures and images. EVERY academic needs good figures, and most of us don’t know how to make them. Providing this service allows every academic to get someone to help them make good figures for their research.

Or, perhaps you have experience in a particular method, like running western blots. Many academics need to learn how and don’t have the expertise around them to learn from. By offering to teach them, they get to learn how to do it, as well as the tips and tricks for making it work better, and you earn more money.

Or, maybe you’re good at writing CVs and helping people get jobs. Posting jobs to help academics with their CVs or other aspects of their job hunt will enable you to make more money.

Or, perhaps you are good at statistics and can help someone determine the “p-values” of their work. Post a job offering this service and earn money off of this skill.

These are just a few skills you might be able to offer, but they don’t even scratch the surface. You have so many skills to offer. Be creative and post jobs on every skill you have because there are academics out there who need them.

Academic Tasks Solutions is a true community where academics help each other, and get fairly rewarded for their skills.

All academics have valuable skills that they’ve developed through working in academia. Academic Tasks Solutions provides a way for you to make the money you deserve from them.

And Academic Tasks Solutions operates on academic conduct where academics get acknowledged for their work.

How does Academic Tasks Solutions work?...👇

@Academic_Tasks #PhDVoice @PostdocVoice

[Academic Inspiration @academicinsp]

We are thinking a lot about what it would take for researchers to choose to stay in academia once they decided to go for the industry.

Ps- both job options are perfect; curious scientists over here 🤔
#AcademicChatter #phdchat #research #MentaHealth

[Academic Inspiration @academicinsp]

4/4 Whoever experiences the quilt of “staying away from the lab” and “only writing” don’t- this is also your job as a Ph.D. student- to deliver a successful thesis. The written thesis is a culmination of our work! 🎊

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Ph.D. students want to think they can do it all: be at the maximum in the lab and write the thesis. And we can 💪🏻 But we shouldn’t! And here is why 👇🏻 #AcademicChatter #mentalhealth #phdchat #researcher #thesiswriting

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3/n Spending a couple of weeks to write will result in better preparation and better flow in your words, and you will approach the end of it faster, giving you time for other things.

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@NeuroEllen Interesting perspective. I would also encourage PhD students to do actual research-fail-and learn from it too!

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What should be the main difference between a Ph.D. and a Postdoc researcher- in your opinion? #phdchat #AcademicTwitter #phdvoice #researcher

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Your working environment matters! Be sure you surround yourself with passionate and driven people- from there, challenge each other and seek more! #Motivation #phdvoice #AcademicTwitter

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Loving what you do is a big part of being happy at work. Find a job that makes you crave more! Only then, you succeed! #MentalHealthMatters #phdchat #AcademicChatter

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Taking care of your mental health is not a weakness! If we aren’t healthy (mentally and physically), how can we even do the job? #AcademicTwitter #MentalHealthAdvocate #phdvoice