Mastodawn

If any PhD students are following your account, boosting would be appreciated.

Fellow PhD student: hello!

I hope you had a good Monday.

0) In which country are you pursuing your PhD?
1) What is the official duration of your PhD programme? Does it assume you already have a Master's?
2) How many academic credits (e.g., ECTS) are you required to get in order to complete your PhD?
3) If you are paid for TAing, can you estimate the number of teaching contact hours you need in order to supplement other sources of funding?

My union and Ph.D. committee have been asking for feedback, and I have a theory I'd like to test. Feel free to use private mentions if you want.

Edit: I am now using "academic credits" to make myself more understandable to non-EU people.

Aimee Surprenant Mar 19

Sorry, I can’t go to work today. #beagles #dogsofmastodon

Aimee Surprenant Mar 17

DC Hokies Soccer Mar 14

Attention ladies: We have a few roster spots open this season!
Info is in our link.tree, & you can email [email protected] to get started.
Come meet us on the pitch!
#hokies #dchokies #soccer #womenssoccer #coedsoccer

Aimee Surprenant Mar 13

Taggart Mar 8

Holy crap this story knocked me over. It is everything I'm feeling about the machines right now.

https://sightlessscribbles.com/the-colonization-of-confidence/

The Colonization of Confidence., Sightless Scribbles

A fabulously gay blind author.

Aimee Surprenant Mar 12

DC Hokies Soccer Mar 12

Ladies:
The Hokie Bird wants YOU!

Join us on the field this Spring!

cc: @arlnowdotcom
#Hokie #Hokies #LetsGoHokies #HokieNation #VT #VaTech #VirginiaTech #VTAA #DCHokiesSoccer #DCHokies #ArlingtonVA

Aimee Surprenant Mar 10

Steve Lindsay Mar 6

On Tuesday, March 10, from 3:00–4:30 Pacific, I’m participating in a panel on Integrating Open Science into Teaching, along with Michael Paskevicius (UVic Educational Technology) and Michelle Harrison (TRU Instructional Designer). We will each describe our “teaching and design practices, highlighting approaches that foster transparency, credibility, and collaboration.” My presentation is on building PSYC courses around direct replications of published research studies.

There are 76 online seats available. Free.
https://libcal.uvic.ca/calendar/dsc/oscv_integrateos

Integrating Open Science into Teaching: A Faculty Panel

Join the Open Science Community of Victoria (OSCV) on Tuesday, March 10, from 3:00–4:30 PM for a faculty panel exploring how open science and open scholarship can be...

LibCal

Aimee Surprenant Feb 26

I just have to get through today and tomorrow and then it will be the weekend and I’ll be able to catch up on work before Monday and then get through that week and then I’ll catch up… #RinseRepeat #life #work #treadmill

Aimee Surprenant Jan 28

Americans are socialized from an early age that if you can’t help everyone, you shouldn’t help _anyone_. It starts in kindergarten—did you bring enough for the whole class? If not, then no one can have any. This paralyzes us and makes us feel guilty rather than good when we help just one person—what about all the other deserving people you aren’t helping? It has partially led to our crisis of empathy. Is it the same all over the world?

#giving #generosity #charity #community #SocialContract

Aimee Surprenant Jan 28

Her Maths Story Jan 28

“I feel that many women, especially in India, might not know what exactly having a career in maths actually means or even that they can pursue a career in this field. I believe it is important to tell them that this is an option.” - Nishu Kumari

➡️https://hermathsstory.eu/nishu-kumari/

#Academia #Combinatorics #Europe #Mathematics #PhD #Postdoc

Aimee Surprenant Jan 14

Does any university have good metrics for measuring and rewarding faculty for research impact (not quantity), mentorship of junior colleagues (faculty, grad, and undergrads), and impact of public engagement? We must change the reward system. #academia #academicchatter #universities #PhD