Tag Archives: Covid-19

How not to be an academic A-H during Covid

How not to be an academic A-H during Covid

I’m popping a content warning at the top of this one: I’m going to talk about mental health and quitting the PhD. If that’s not good for you to read right now, feel free click away. As lockdown closed on Australia in March, I posed a question: should you quit (go part time or pause) your […] … learn more→

Expecting students to play it safe if Colleges reopen Is a fantasy

Expecting students to play it safe if Colleges reopen Is a fantasy

A number of American colleges and universities have decided to bring students back to campus this fall, believing they can diminish the risk of coronavirus transmission if everyone wears masks, uses hand sanitizer and social distances. Some schools also plan to reconfigure dorms to create family-sized clusters of uninfected students, who could socialize in relative safety, if […] … learn more→