Dr Matthias Rillig gives advice for PhD students, postdocs and group leaders on how to navigate the various challenges that academia presents.
Coding is increasingly becoming a skill needed for modern scientists to maximise their ability to analyse data. You’ve got to start somewhere, and this Nature Careers webinar is a good place to have a first look (nb: you will need to register for the webinar to be able to access the recording)
Australia’s PhD graduates can be better utilised in the non‐academic workforce “Our research shows that 80% of job ads looking for employees with high levels of research skills did not mention the PhD as a qualification.”
Even the most basic words can be interpreted differently by different people, and we usually believe that most other people think like we do even when almost nobody does.
Have a go at navigating a ship through the Suez Canal, one of the world’s busiest nautical thoroughfares.
The almighty brain! … The problem is, we only get one. These TED Talks have great advice on you can do to ensure its health and well-being.
Basically ‘deep tech’ means bringing together science, engineering and design thinking – it’s how you create true innovations.
Diversity of input into science creates innovation, but this means you need to learn how to collaborate with people you don’t like.
An astrobiologist, two comedians and an urge to communicate science to the public walked into a bar… well actually, they met up for dinner.
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