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Tag Archives: Oxford
Interviewing students the Oxford way
You made it! You have an interview at the top university in the world! You will meet in person with several professors or other academic staff from two or three of the colleges. One of them might be the cloistered … Continue reading
Why I like the separation of academic departments and colleges
One of the best things for creative scholarship is to feel you are in the company of others also striving for understanding and clarity. That company is often best if it is quiet, even dead. This is because we need … Continue reading
Organizing your research life
Melanie said she was always working, though she wasn’t always at the lab. How, if you are a scientist, can you just stop thinking about ideas? Of course you can’t. Some of the best ideas get written in those little … Continue reading
Posted in Daily routines, Managing an academic career
Tagged cheaters, EverNote, evolution, Experiment, Oxford, Ph.D., research planning, social evolution
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Lab meeting talks
She began with a couple of figures taken from someone else’s paper. They showed exactly what that other study measured. Sara Mitri told us what motivated that study. She then went on to clearly explain how her study would be … Continue reading
Learning in and from the Oxford colleges
Oxford is organized into colleges where, undergraduate education largely takes place. They have tutors who assign projects and meet individually or in small groups with students. Officially, students apply to colleges, not to the University of Oxford. University of Cambridge … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Catholic Church, England, Harvard Square, Magdalen, Oxford, Samuel Johnson, tutor, United States, university, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford
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