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Get those monkeys off your back!

Get those monkeys off your back!

by Stephanie (Hamilton) Deppe | Nov 1, 2019 | Guides, Personal Experiences

Many of us are familiar with that feeling of panic after we’ve procrastinated too long on completing a task. In this post, we discuss some strategies to move past those mental blocks and get work done.

Managing Your Personal Finances In Grad School (and BEYOND)

Managing Your Personal Finances In Grad School (and BEYOND)

by Spencer Wallace | Oct 4, 2019 | Guides, Personal Experiences

Managing your money can be difficult in grad school. The sooner you take control over your finances, the better!

Beyond the Binary: Gender in Physics Education

Beyond the Binary: Gender in Physics Education

by Mara Zimmerman | Jan 4, 2019 | Guides

This bite focuses on an article that synthesizes and covers previous reports in gender in physics education. The authors draw on these reports to propose a nuanced treatment of gender in physics education research.

Practical tips for setting up a research project, or “Things I wish I had known when I started my PhD”: Part 2

Practical tips for setting up a research project, or “Things I wish I had known when I started my PhD”: Part 2

by Joanna Ramasawmy | Dec 15, 2018 | Guides, Personal Experiences

Advice, learned the hard way, for a well-organised research project! These tips can help keep your code tidy. Part 2 of 2.

Practical tips for setting up a research project, or “Things I wish I had known when I started my PhD”: Part 1

Practical tips for setting up a research project, or “Things I wish I had known when I started my PhD”: Part 1

by Joanna Ramasawmy | Dec 14, 2018 | Guides, Personal Experiences

There are lots of tricks to help keep a research project organised – this post may save you from learning them the hard way! Part 1 of 2.

New page: Guide to science policy!

New page: Guide to science policy!

by Mia de los Reyes | Oct 7, 2018 | Guides

Interested in science policy and how it affects astronomy? Check out our new series of posts and new guide page!

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