Here’s a list of ‘how-to’ (or ‘how-not-to’) posts that students — and even some seasoned scientists — might find useful.
- Never underestimate the importance of a good figure (27/07/2022)
- Be wise about what you put online (21/03/2022)
- Wondering if you should apply for a DECRA? (07/02/2022)
- How to manage your academic stress (31/01/2022)
- Want a permanent DOI assigned to your data and code? Follow this simple recipe (02/11/2021)
- Smoothing over content issues with co-author agreements (07/10/2021)
- Plan B: COVID-19 challenges for field-based PhD students (08/12/2020)
- Giving the perfect seminar at a job interview (02/11/2020)
- I’m nearing the end of my PhD/postdoc … What the hell am I supposed to do now? (13/07/2020)
- Queer science (18/06/2020)
- University rankings are questionable at best (23/09/2019)
- Being empathetic for better interdisciplinary (04/06/2019)
- 11 things academic research and surfing have in common (02/05/2019)
- Skydive your PhD (23/04/2019)
- Good English and the scientific career: hurdles for non-native English speakers (13/02/2019)
- Science + music = productivity (17/05/2018)
- Prioritising your academic tasks (18/04/2018)
- To share, or not to share, is no longer the question (07/01/2018)
- When to appeal a rejection (25/08/2017)
- How to respond to reviewers (30/06/2017)
- Credit for reviewing & editing — it’s about bloody time (15/03/2017)
- Dealing with rejection (08/02/2017)
- Tips for scientists to deal with the media (21/11/2016)
- How to rank journals (18/02/2016)
- Getting your conservation science to the right people (22/01/2016)
- The sticky subject of article authorship (02/10/2015)
- How to give a scientific presentation (14/08/2015)
- Twenty tips for writing a research proposal (04/05/2015)
- How to contact a potential PhD supervisor (01/04/2015)
- Write English well? (27/01/2015)
- Give some flair to your scientific presentation (18/11/2014)
- How to review a scientific paper (30/09/2014)
- Time to put significance out of its misery (28/07/2014)
- Don’t torture your readers III (23/06/2014)
- Be a good reviewer, but be a better editor (06/06/2014)
- Scientists should blog (27/05/2014)
- Work-life balance (16/12/2013)
- Making the scientific workshop work (28/10/2013)
- Making science matter (14/10/2013)
- Early to press is best for success (19/09/2013)
- How to make the most of a conference (05/09/2013)
- Learning how to fail (06/06/2013)
- Take credit for your work (06/05/2013)
- Software tools for conservation biologists (08/04/2013)
- Why every scientist needs an online profile (31/01/2013)
- Rocking the scientific boat (14/12/2012)
- Advice for getting your dream job in conservation science (04/12/2012)
- How to write a scientific paper (22/10/2012)
- Conservation value of paddy-wagon currency (12/05/2012)
- A supervisor’s lament (05/09/2011)
- Getting conservation stakeholders involved (14/04/2011)
- Conservation Biology students’ wonder Wiki (08/10/2010)
- Blogito ergo sum (22/09/2010)
- Supercharge your science (10/09/2010)
- Conservation biologist’s toolbox (31/08/2010)
- Make your conservation PhD relevant (23/04/2010)
- How to be more prolific (01/04/2010)
- Interacting with the media (01/04/2010)
- Out of touch, impractical and irrelevant (08/07/2009)
- Don’t torture your readers II (22/02/2009)
- Don’t torture your readers (09/02/2009)
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