Posts by julia@hcommons.social
 (DIR) Post #ASiKFINvnIuY7wsP4K by julia@hcommons.social
       2023-02-15T19:55:40Z
       
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       @jamesgunn Kavalier and Clay! :verified:
       
 (DIR) Post #ATXQUg21LU0cp4Yhvs by julia@hcommons.social
       2023-03-09T11:06:58Z
       
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       This programme offering 4-year fully-funded PhD studentships to support Black British researchers has been established by philanthropic donations from University of Exeter alumni - you can read more about the donors here. The aim of these scholarships is to help improve access and participation in PhD study for talented Black British students.  Each studentship offers a comprehensive funding and support package designed to enable students to succeed in their PhD programme and beyond, including:• 4 years of stipend funding at the UKRI rate (currently £17,668 for 2022/23)• Funding for tuition fees the Home fee rate• A research training support grant (to cover project costs; ranging from £2,000 minimum up to maximum of £10,000 for higher cost projects)and more (see link):mastodance:  ✊🏿 ✊🏾 ✊🏽 #AcademicChatter #AcademicMastodon #PhD #AcademicFunding#AcademicJob#Humanities #SocialScienceshttps://www.exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/award/?id=4727
       
 (DIR) Post #AWDHHZQV8kYDQg1SKW by julia@hcommons.social
       2023-05-31T10:22:05Z
       
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       That thing when you've been waiting for a submission to get peer reviewed for over a year and the journal has periodically written you to say they are trying but nobody will review it and then you finally get the reviews and they are 1) seemingly responding to a completely different text and/or 2) suggesting you shift the main focus to something you clearly decided to NOT focus on (for obvious reasons). Now to craft the reply to this nightmare and ask myself again why we didn't just withdraw it and send it elsewhere. But also, to question the usefulness of these reviews and ask myself if they did a single thing to improve the piece. (Uh, yeah, no).I also realize peer review is a broken system and I myself have declined MANY requests over the past year due to illness as many other folks have since #longCOVID is in fact a mass disabling event and will impact all the free labor we used to do. But still, had to have a gripe. :blobcatreeeeeee: @academicchatter #AcademicPublishing
       
 (DIR) Post #AWDHHana2QbdgXpOwS by julia@hcommons.social
       2023-05-31T10:48:32Z
       
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       @SuneAuken @academicchatter Yeah. Sigh. But I've also in the past had brilliant peer reviews that totally got my point and helped me refine it and strengthen it, so when it works, it's glorious. You feel seen, supported, validated.It's just that when it doesn't, it's torturous (even when it's an acceptance as in this case). And I fear that with the pandemic conditions we still work under, it's getting a lot worse.
       
 (DIR) Post #Aaacw1FVjy7it5xy40 by julia@hcommons.social
       2023-10-09T07:38:10Z
       
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       @kly Maybe I dreamed it, but I think the newest Android OS allows users to set language preferences per app? Is that a thing? I would also like it, as a native English speaker trying to learn Norwegian but still using English a lot...EDIT: Okay it's a thing in the newest OS https://support.google.com/android/answer/12395118?hl=en