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• You Must Be Very Intelligent - The PhD Delusion

  3 min read   ·   August 07, 2017

  2017   ·   books   PhD   ·   Publications

• Doodling for Academics

  3 min read   ·   July 28, 2017

  2017   ·   books   coloring   doodling   fun   relaxing   ·   Academic Humour   Adjuncts (guest posts)   Publications   Surprisingly Helpful

• This Study is Subject to Certain Limitations: Overly Honest Academic Caveats

  4 min read   ·   April 25, 2017

  2017   ·   Academic Humour   Parody   Publish/Perish

• These Awesome Science March Signs Prove Scientists have a Sense of Humour

  1 min read   ·   April 23, 2017

  2017   ·   Science March   ·   Academia Obscura

• How ‘broken’ is academia, and how can we fix it?

  6 min read   ·   April 22, 2017

  2017   ·   abuse of power   academic culture   don't hate the player   ECR   hate the game   ·   Surprisingly Helpful

• 6 Examples of Whimsical Acronyms in Scientific Papers (SEXWASP)

  1 min read   ·   February 04, 2017

  2017   ·   acronyms   funny   listicles   posts   SEXWASP   writing   ·   Academic Humour   Publications   Publish/Perish

• The Third Annual Academics with Cats Awards 2016 - Winners!

  1 min read   ·   December 15, 2016

  2016   ·   Misc.

• Academics with Cats Awards 2016 - The Shortlist

  1 min read   ·   December 15, 2016

  2016   ·   Academia Obscura

• The Third Annual Academics with Cats Awards!

  2 min read   ·   November 18, 2016

  2016   ·   cats   ·   Misc.

• On Commonplace Books

  5 min read   ·   October 16, 2016

  2016   ·   commonplace books   digitisations   evernote   ·   Adjuncts (guest posts)