In time for the fall semester ! (Yes, already 😳)

I find this essay on the teaching workload really useful; it suggests how to unpack all of the actual facets of teaching & decide how to tackle & prioritize them

🙏 @LoleenBerdahl

#academicchatter

https://loleen.substack.com/p/how-to-streamline-your-teaching-workload

Quite enjoying this summer of discontent with large commercial academic publishers https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/another-wiley-journal-board-resigns-after-month-long-strike

#DiamondOA not #RipOffOA

An executive summary of science's replication crisis.

https://alexholcombe.wordpress.com/2023/08/08/an-executive-summary-of-sciences-replication-crisis/

The Guardian covers the story of the mass resignation of "Neuroimage" (published by Elsevier) editorial board.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/may/07/too-greedy-mass-walkout-at-global-science-journal-over-unethical-fees

#elsevier #OpenAccess #Neuroscience #ScienceMastodon

👀 "...Scottish #university principals share 'eye-watering' pay rises worth more than £300,000.
The Scotsman finds 11 university chiefs were handed large pay hikes in the wake of pandemic cuts."

So the mean is £20k *rise* in 2022 among 15 VP's. But NB wide variations including reversal of some temporary pandemic pay cuts including at #EdinburghUni... to £406,000 per year 👀. #UCUrising
➡️ https://archive.ph/6gUXT

Short-term incentives of research evaluations: Evidence from the UK Research Excellence Framework https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048733323000136

More papers submitted just before the REF deadlines, compared to just after, and those papers submitted just before are less highly cited, less diverse and more likely to be retracted

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#metaresearch #metascience

Reflexivity is not just for qualitative researchers:

“In this paper, we make the case for integrating reflexivity across all research approaches, before providing a ‘beginner's guide’ for quantitative researchers wishing to engage reflexively with their own work.”

Jamieson et al. (2023):

Published (shareable?) version: https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/SU2KRDNH8NGVDQ2IZYFX?target=10.1111/spc3.12735

Preprint: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/xvrhm

@socialpsych
#OpenScience
#MetaScience
#ResearcherBias
#Reflexivity
#Quantitative
#Qualitative
#Positionality

Bodily maps of musical sensations generalize across cultures

https://psyarxiv.com/qfyts/