Mira

(She/Her) MA student at Wilfrid Laurier Criminology, studying media conceptions of serial homicide. Interested in neuroscience and forensic psychology.

[Ragged Trousered Philanderer @RaggedTP]

It's important to remind people of the true meaning of Christmas: ghosts terrorising rich people in the middle of the night until they agree to pay their employees more.

[Glenn Tunes @glenn_tunes]

FUCKING LOSERS 🤷

[Zachary Foster @_ZachFoster]

If Palestinians killed 242 Israelis, they would have called it another Oct.7.

Since Israelis killed 242 Palestinians, they call it a ceasefire.

[Radical Catholic ✠ @RadicalCath]

Coming from a Zionist, the phrase “You do not deserve to live where you grew up” is as rich as it gets.

[The Nation @thenation]

Charlie Kirk was an unrepentant racist, transphobe, homophobe, and misogynist who often wrapped his bigotry in Bible verses because there was no other way to pretend that it was morally correct.
https://t.co/Qv5TsM8AXy

[Liberal Jane @liberaljanee]

[THREAD] This #WomensHistoryMonth, let's not forget how many of our rights were only won in recent decades, and weren’t given by asking nicely and waiting.

We need to fight for our rights.

Here's are a few examples:

[Sanya Jain - Your Grad Coach @yourgradcoach]

🎓 How My Student Got a Fully Funded PhD at Cambridge University: A 10-Step Research-Oriented Plan

1️⃣ Map the Research Landscape
Start by identifying research gaps in your field. My student began by:
•Reviewing top-tier journals (Nature, Science, etc.) and research trends in their niche.
•Analyzing Cambridge-affiliated labs’ recent publications to ensure alignment.

2️⃣ Pinpoint the Right Supervisor
A strong supervisor match is critical. My student:
•Created a shortlist of professors whose work aligned with their interests using the Cambridge University departmental pages.
•Studied their recent papers, noting specific gaps or potential extensions.

3️⃣ Craft a Targeted Cold Email
1.A brief introductory paragraph connecting their background to the professor’s field.
2.Specific references to the professor’s work, showcasing genuine interest and prior reading.
3.A concise 2-3 sentence research pitch proposing a potential collaboration.

4️⃣ Build a High-Impact Research Proposal
The research proposal is often the deciding factor. My student’s proposal:
•Had a clear research question addressing a global or discipline-specific challenge.
•Proposed novel methodologies with practical outcomes.
•Positioned Cambridge as the ideal hub for their research.

5️⃣ Design a Research-Centric CV
A CV for Cambridge needs to highlight research achievements rather than generic skills. Include:
•Published papers (with DOI links).
•Conference presentations and relevant research internships.
•Technical expertise like data analysis tools, lab techniques, or programming languages.

6️⃣ Write a Powerful SoP with Data
My student:
•Started with an urgent research question and connected it to their academic journey.
•Highlighted skills validated by metrics (e.g., years of lab work, number of publications).
•Showed how Cambridge’s resources, labs, and supervisors could help achieve the research goals.

7️⃣ Secure Strategic Recommendations
They approached referees with specific requests:
•Reference to technical or research skills (e.g., “proficient in fluorescence microscopy”).
•Examples of independent problem-solving and initiative in research projects.

8️⃣ Leverage Cambridge-Specific Scholarships
•Gates Cambridge Scholarship: Focused on global impact.
•Cambridge Trust Scholarships: Specific to international students.

9️⃣ Prepare for a Research-Heavy Interview
•Review foundational theories and methodologies in their field.
•Anticipate questions like:
•“What challenges might arise in your proposed research?”
•“How does your proposal align with Cambridge’s strategic research aspirations?��

🔟 Track Deadlines
Cambridge has department-specific deadlines and competitive slots. My student:
•Created a detailed timeline with deadlines for applications, scholarships, and document submissions.
•Actively followed up with professors and funding bodies.

👉 Want personalized tips or help with your PhD application? DM me!

[Sanya Jain - Your Grad Coach @yourgradcoach]

Statement of purpose sample for a fully funded PhD at Stanford University in Aquatic Sciences 🇺🇸✈️🌍

@OpenAcademics

[Nico Gagelmann @NicoGagelmann]

Elsevier is one of the largest, most hated and most influential academic publishing companies in the world.

How it started & how it's going

A thread🧵

[Scholarship for PhD @ScholarshipfPhd]

Writing a Scientific article: A step-by-step guide for Beginners (1/7)

[Faheem Ullah @Faheem_uh]

PhD Students - Identifying research gap is one of the biggest challenges.

How to identify the research gap for your PhD?

Here is a stepwise process that can help you to identify gap for your PhD.

𝟏. 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚: Before identifying the gap, you need to identify the area. This is quite easy. The area can either come from your previous interests or your supervisors can give it to you. For example, detecting cyber-attacks is a research area.

𝟐. 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝟓-𝟏𝟎 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚: Once the area is identified, search for 5-10 most relevant literature reviews/secondary studies in the area. These papers have already reported a summarized view of the existing primary studies. Read these papers carefully to understand what literature already exists in the area.

𝟑. 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬: While reading these 5-10 literature reviews, focus on the future research areas, open challenges, and discussion section. Identify 3-5 research directions from these literature reviews. Detecting data exfiltration attacks is a research direction.

𝟒. 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: Just to make sure that you don't end up doing something that already exists, search primary studies related to the research directions. Drop the ones where exactly similar works exist.

𝟓. 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐬: Make a few slides to present the remaining directions to your supervisors. From here, you should pick the direction where you and your supervisor see the most potential.

𝟔. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Once the direction is picked, do a literature review on the specific direction. If no paper exists at all in this direction, this could mean two things - either the topic is not worth doing research or the topic is good but too new.

𝟕. 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰: This literature review process should get you the crisp gap. However, it won't come automatically. While reading each paper, note down the points that you think could be worth future research. This will become part of your discussion or future research section. For example, detecting data exfiltration attacks in real-time is a gap.

𝟖. 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐩: Once you have identified the research gap, check what kind of resources, data, infrastructure, etc, you need to conduct this research. Make sure that you can have access to these resources before you start working on the gap.

Anything to be added?

[Faheem Ullah @Faheem_uh]

PhD Students - What are the different research methods you can use?

Here is a list of 16 research methods you can use for your research.

𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐬

𝟏. 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡: Manipulates variables to determine cause and effect.

𝟐. 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭���𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬: Collects data from a large number of respondents using structured questions.

𝟑. 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬: Observes the same subjects over a period of time to detect changes.

𝟒. 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬-𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬: Analyzes data from a population at a specific point in time.

𝟓. 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡: Investigates the relationship between two or more variables without manipulating them.

𝟔. 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐥-𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡: Compares two groups to identify the cause or effect of differences.

𝟕. 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚-𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬: Combines results from multiple studies to identify trends or common findings.

𝟖. 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐬𝐢-𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧: Resembles experimental research but lacks random assignment to control and experimental groups.

𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐬

𝟗. 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲: In-depth study of a single subject or group to explore an underlying principle or situation.

𝟏𝟎. 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲: Studies cultural groups in their natural environment through participant observation and interviews.

𝟏𝟏. 𝐏𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲: Focuses on individuals' subjective experiences and interpretations of the world.

𝟏𝟐. 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡: Examines past events to draw conclusions about the past and project potential future outcomes.

𝟏𝟑. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬: Systematically analyzes the content of communication to interpret patterns and meanings.

𝟏𝟒. 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲: Generates a theory based on data collected from fieldwork observations.

𝟏𝟓. 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡: Involves iterative problem-solving led by individuals working with others in teams or as part of a "community of practice."

𝟏𝟔. 𝐎𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡: Observes subjects in their natural environment without interference.

[Prof Lennart Nacke, PhD @acagamic]

10 research gap types and how to bridge them

[Seven Rasmussen @toomanyspectra]

i’ve been summoned

https://t.co/vVLma3MTEX

[Jessica Schleider, PhD @JSchleiderPhD]

[1/x] Interested in applying to join the Lab for Scalable Mental Health in the future as a PhD student, postdoc researcher, or staff member?

A 🧵 with some updates on pathways & possibilities as LSMH transitions to @NorthwesternU @MSSatNU

[Sanya Jain - Your Grad Coach @yourgradcoach]

HOW TO WRITE A CV FOR YOUR Ph.D.
APPLICATIONS 👇🔬📄

[Laurel Coons 🧬🧬🧬 @LaurelCoons]

Doom To Hope:

🌎Our climate future

🌍Perspective

🌏Read down, glass is half empty

🌎Read up, glass is half full

🌍Change your perspective to get a better answer

🌏What you see depends not only on what you look at, but also on where you look from

🌎Top down ☹️, bottom up 🙂

[Amy W Schwartz @lizardschwartz]

Domestic cats don't belong outdoors unsupervised. You likely wouldn't let your dog out to wander and terrorise local wildlife and shit in everyone's garden, so why is it ok that cats do it?