Questions tagged [academic-life]
Questions related to academic culture, academic communities, and the coexistence of "life" and "academia."
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Should I give a proposed project, unpublished preliminary data and methodology I did for a year during my postdoc to a PhD student?
After I left my postdoc lab, a PhD student from the old lab is asking my previous work (detailed protocol, formula of materials, troubleshooting tips, etc) by calling me as she is currently working on ...
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Might be removed/fired from my PhD for taking outside work [Continuation] [duplicate]
In response to MisterMiyagi's comment, which was very helpful (among all other kind users whom have all chipped in):
I don’t think the Q&A as-is will give you accurate feedback. Your situation ...
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Might be removed/fired from my PhD for taking outside work - How do I salvage the situation?
I am facing a high possibility of getting fired from my PhD (in France) for violating the terms of my work contract, by taking temporary employment outside of my PhD (and outside of France). This was ...
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Are all universities this internally cut-throat?
I am a lecturer at a university in the UK. There are many parts of my job that I enjoy, but in the past few years working here a number of unpleasant interactions have taken place. The best way I can ...
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Contacting Google Scholar Support
I’m a retired mathematician with over 40 items listed in Google Scholar. I will lose my university email address in May 2026, so I’m trying to find out how I can maintain access to my Google Scholar ...
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What measures have U.S. universities taken to retain researchers amid international recruitment efforts and federal funding uncertainty?
Recent developments have shown that European countries are increasing efforts to recruit researchers currently based in the United States. According to the WSJ, France has launched a program offering $...
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Is deep learning merely experimental? [closed]
I am an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science. I am currently about to graduate, so I need to decide on my future path. During my junior and senior years, I took many courses related to ...
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Can my PhD supervisor do anything about me going off sick 2-3 days a month?
I'm in my third (out of four) year and just passed my second-year review with no concerns. When my PI was writing his report for the review the only problem he brought up is that I'm not always in ...
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Is there academic value in maintaining a "failed ideas" section in your research notebook or portfolio?
In the course of research, I often explore promising ideas that ultimately lead nowhere — conjectures disproved, models that don't fit data, or approaches that dead-end due to an overlooked flaw. ...
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Why is ghostwriting of theses and dissertations rarely prosecuted in academic institutions?
Despite widespread awareness that some students submit ghostwritten theses or dissertations, very few cases result in formal investigation or punishment. This seems especially surprising given the ...
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Is it possible to have a fulfilling academic career without chasing high publication counts? [closed]
I often hear phrases like “publish or perish,” and see colleagues constantly racing to boost their publication count — sometimes at the cost of depth, originality, or personal well-being.
But I wonder:...
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Is it ethical for a PI to BCC my email discussing research outcome and planned experiments to a new member during my employment?
While I was working as a postdoc, my supervisor (principal investigator [PI]) BCC'd my project discussion email to a new member. I found it out later after I left.
When my contract expired, he asked ...
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I found academic misconduct in a paper I co-authored, should I report it?
I am the third author of a peer-reviewed journal article because of some contribution in writing and revising the paper. Recently, I found most of the research work in this paper was done by a ...
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How do you reply to someone who has (wrongly) implied that you have plagiarized their work?
I am currently a PhD candidate, and I have recently received an email (by a professor from a university) accusing/implying I have plagiarized his work (which is also a pre-print, and not published in ...
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Should I get a second bachelors or just move on to a masters. The goal is to to a PHD program [closed]
I need advice. I have a bachelor in Political Science, which I graduated with in 2024. I am now more interested in strictly becoming a data scientist, but not in policy. The goal for me is to get I ...
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