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Authoring for post/PhDers – the problem of gift authorship

Authoring for post/PhDers – the problem of gift authorship

One of the most common questions I am asked, and that I hear being discussed in doctoral and ECR support groups, is whether to write with supervisors and former supervisors. Or most often, I read on social media about problems that come from writing with supervisors and former supervisors. Now, in some disciplines writing with […] … learn more→

How virtual reality technologies are shaping an inclusive future for architecture

How virtual reality technologies are shaping an inclusive future for architecture

Imagine stepping into your dream home before it is even built. Virtual reality (VR) technologies are revolutionizing architecture by allowing clients to walk through their future spaces, change details and experience the space before construction. VR bridges the gap between imagination and reality. But this transformation goes beyond esthetics. VR offers many opportunities for how architects design, […] … learn more→

Shared assessment with students: a way to motivate and improve skills

Shared assessment with students: a way to motivate and improve skills

The methods and ways of assessing university teachers are changing within the framework of the European Higher Education Area . This common area seeks a more interdisciplinary vision of teaching. In the field of traditional Business Sciences, a professional field in which a more transversal profile is increasingly required in managers, we are exploring new and different […] … learn more→

Writing from the PhD part two

Writing from the PhD part two

Writing from the PhD isn’t always easy. You may finish the PhD full of enthusiasm for your topic and really want to get stuck into publishing. Or you may not. You may never want to see or hear of your PhD again. This happens. If you just cant bring yourself took at your text again, […] … learn more→

Patter is back

Patter is back

Patter has been missing in action since the end of August. A bad case of blogging burn-out you might ask? Well, yes that’s true. I have been writing this patter thing for twelve years and I did have some doubts about whether I had anything left to say. I was finding writing the blog much […] … learn more→

How to avoid post-dissertation doldrums

How to avoid post-dissertation doldrums

A well-known motivational truism proclaims that the most dangerous time is when you’ve reached a goal. This maxim may explain why many doctoral candidates experience post-dissertation doldrums. You’ve been pushing so hard for so long. You’ve been preoccupied with the intensity and innumerable details of the work itself. After graduation, you no longer have to […] … learn more→

Digital presentations and screens in universities: are we learning and teaching better?

Digital presentations and screens in universities: are we learning and teaching better?

We don’t have to go too far back in time to remember university classrooms where the only working materials were a blackboard, chalk, pens and paper. It is likely that many of today’s university teachers attended classes in similar conditions, because although they are omnipresent today, screens and internet connections everywhere are novelties from a […] … learn more→

“Universities in danger”: faced with the deficit, an economic model to reinvent

“Universities in danger”: faced with the deficit, an economic model to reinvent

The financial situation of French higher education is very worrying. At the call of France Université, many higher education institutions are sounding the alarm about “universities in danger”. Beyond the question of resources, it is the way universities are managed that must be questioned, and in particular the measures inspired by new public management, which has revealed […] … learn more→

On smartphones, the vogue for microlearning: what do you think of these ultra-short training courses  ?

On smartphones, the vogue for microlearning: what do you think of these ultra-short training courses ?

By breaking down knowledge into small training units, it would become easier to learn, especially on a smartphone. This would allow everyone to train according to their needs wherever they want and at any time. Thus, many companies or training structures praise the advantages of “microlearning”. But is this an approach to adopt in all […] … learn more→

Mathematics in social sciences and its impact on university dropout

Mathematics in social sciences and its impact on university dropout

Choosing the type of baccalaureate is not always an easy decision, especially when you want to study something like Business Administration and Management (ADE). Many young people find themselves hesitating between the Social Sciences baccalaureate, which seems the natural choice for the business profile, and the Science baccalaureate, which although it may seem less logical, […] … learn more→