Revive an Old Writing Project, or Let It Die?
Look candidly at your unfinished project. Is it a stepping stone, and completion will be allow you to move ahead? Or is it an obstacle that prevents you from moving forward? Find ideas to help you determine whether to revive that piece of writing or let it go.
Keeping Writing Projects Alive
Have a writing project that is languishing? Find practical tips for keeping it alive!
4 Steps to Designing an Award-Winning Poster
A good academic conference poster serves a dual purpose: it is both an effective networking tool and a means by which to articulately communicate your research. But many academics fail to produce a truly visually arresting conference poster and so opportunities to garner interest and make connections are lost. Tullio Rossi offers guidance on how to produce an outstanding conference poster, considering the scripting, concept, design, and logistics.
How to Get The Most of an Academic Conference
Going to an academic conference is an exciting opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals and exchange stimulating ideas. However, to make the most of a conference requires a lot of hard work before, during, and after the meeting itself. Marta Teperek provides a checklist of things to do at each of these stages.
Six Academic Writing Habits That Boost Productivity
What’s the secret to a productive spell of writing? Chris Smith shares insights gleaned from interviews with a diverse group of academics, from which a number of common academic writing habits stood out. These range from the simple acts of scheduling and setting self-imposed deadlines, to the use of “free-writing” techniques which help authors write their way out of blocks.
A 'How-To' on Data Wrangling
Katherine Wood, a graduate student in the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Psychology Department and advocate for open science, walks through a basic overview of how to overcome and accomplish some operations commonly encountered when initially getting a data set. "By generating the data yourself" she says, "you can make your life easier by saving it in the format you want." She explains step by step multiple ways to accomplish this and highlights packages that will make things easier for anyone with similar issues.
What Do We Write to Convey?
Professor Davina Cooper explains how to differentiate your writing style to make your work standout and be more relevant. Academic writing doesn’t necessarily aspire to represent what is, as if the material world can be imitated point for point in thought, but to create.