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How to become a competitive candidate for grad school after a ruined integrated master's degree?
I have no research projects, no LoRs, and quite frankly, I am not skilled enough in the subject I would like to pursue research in. I don't even have a concrete idea of what I want to do research in ...
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Quitting software engineering job to accept professor's assistant position
I would suggest first to think what would you like to do after the professor's assistant position, and if you see yourself working in industry instead of academia in the future.
If you would really ...
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What to do when corresponding author insists adding an affiliation that I do not belong to?
I suspect there may be a misunderstanding, on his or your part, about what "affiliation" means.
It may be that rather than parsing it as "a declaration of groups you are directly ...
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What to do when corresponding author insists adding an affiliation that I do not belong to?
I think your advisor is wildly wrong, and you should protest to/contact the editor if you can risk the conflict ("I checked with the Ed, it is not necessary to... and I'd rather not because... &...
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What to do when corresponding author insists adding an affiliation that I do not belong to?
I think your advisor is just too lazy, but he is OK-ish.
Many research institutions have a lenient rule for adding affiliates. They don't keep a high selection standard for many reasons like getting ...
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What to do when corresponding author insists adding an affiliation that I do not belong to?
Your advisor is likely wrong; your advisor's affiliation can include the other institute even if you are not affiliated and even if the work was done by you, but yours should only be your own ...
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How to improve myself to be at specific area for statistical studies?
Something you might find out is that, whether the position is academic or not, there are many people coming from a scientific or financial or engineering, etc., background who learn how to create ...
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From PhD to Assistant/Associate Professor
In many countries you can apply for positions at Assistant Professor level directly after your PhD. For example Junior Professor in Germany. Your PhD needs to be strong, probably also publication ...
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From PhD to Assistant/Associate Professor
In the U.K. at least In biosciences, virtually nobody goes from PhD to some kind of associated/assistant professor role, unless you are some kind of genius. Almost everyone who makes it to that ...
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What are the pros and cons of joining a newly established department as assistant/associate professors?
I don't know how things work in China, frankly, but a general response is:
The "pros" are that you might be able to shorten your time to tenure in such a situation, depending on your current ...
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Breaking into research oriented tenure-track positions from teaching track
I faced this situation 28 years ago, when after defence I found myself at an Adjunct position, spending almost all my time for teaching and surviving on a miserable salary.
I chose Strategy 1. It was ...
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Breaking into research oriented tenure-track positions from teaching track
As an alternative to your strategies 1 through 4, I remember reading the book A PhD Is Not Enough, which had the suggestion of working at a governmental research lab (like the US Department of Energy'...
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