Tag Archives: reviews

How to do an external review, particularly of a university department

Posted on May 23, 2017 by

There is a sameness to human organizations. This means that if you are conducting an external review, you can probably do a surprising amount of it without knowing anything about the particular group at hand. Knowing this, then looking for … Continue reading →

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Great irresponsibility, or great organization?

Posted on March 21, 2013 by

Sometimes it is easier to just do whatever tasks stream at you through the incessant flow of email than to work on the conceptually difficult, important, long term research papers. At other times you want to scream and throw things … Continue reading →

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Start writing before you are ready

Posted on November 16, 2012 by

Perhaps nothing separates successful from struggling academics as much as a facility with writing. You don’t need me to tell you that you should be writing every day at a certain time, for a certain number of minutes. You may … Continue reading →

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