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17 votes

Will minor mistakes in my bachelor's thesis harm my future career as a researcher?

answered Sep 20, 2016 at 23:18

14 votes

My student published a preprint of our published paper without me as an author

answered Apr 30, 2020 at 13:35

14 votes

Cold emailing another grad student at your institution to ask a question

answered Apr 8, 2021 at 16:01

11 votes

Why did I receive a negative response from a professor when emailing about course content and prerequisites of a course I am considering taking?

answered Apr 8, 2021 at 18:55

11 votes

Thriving in a competitive lab

answered Jun 29, 2017 at 18:42

10 votes

Can one article be published in two different language journals?

answered Jun 19, 2017 at 14:54

10 votes

Should I send professors money for illegally downloading their books?

answered Nov 19, 2018 at 18:28

9 votes

Is it appropriate to request that the department hire a female faculty member?

answered Feb 4, 2019 at 11:16

9 votes

How can a TA help a student who is certain she sucks at programming?

answered Jan 17, 2018 at 21:18

9 votes

If authors leave out diacritics, should I correct them or leave it as written?

answered Oct 25, 2019 at 0:58

9 votes

Is it appropriate to email a professor with a simpler solution than the one she provided?

answered Oct 15, 2020 at 13:51

9 votes

What can I do if my advisor wants me to keep working, even while I'm on medical leave for severe depression?

answered Dec 13, 2016 at 15:48

9 votes

Why do most people think it's a bad idea to read from slides?

answered Sep 6, 2016 at 19:35

7 votes

If you're given an hour, is it bad to finish a job talk in half an hour?

answered Oct 26, 2016 at 13:19

7 votes

Is it okay to keep a "Thank you" slide before references?

answered Jun 8, 2020 at 19:08

7 votes

Are political/ideological reasons for career moves acceptable in academia?

answered Mar 14, 2018 at 21:19

6 votes

I'm afraid of chemicals. How do I handle my required uni biology class?

answered Jan 8, 2019 at 10:49

6 votes

Where should the line be drawn regarding political statements in a scientific report?

answered Feb 20, 2017 at 12:56

5 votes

Is it okay to typeset someone’s to-be-graded assignment for them?

answered Jan 16, 2018 at 15:29

5 votes

Should I take threats from a former professor seriously?

answered Apr 13, 2017 at 8:26

5 votes

Why is my mood dictated so much by how well my research is going?

answered Jun 15, 2016 at 11:29

5 votes

My teaching evaluations arrived and female students statistically gave me worse scores than male students. Is there any possible explanation?

answered Dec 31, 2019 at 18:51

5 votes

Head of the department said statistics exams must be done without software, otherwise it's cheating. What can I do as a lecturer?

answered Nov 19, 2021 at 22:52

4 votes

Can you exclude a co-author because of abusive behaviours?

answered Dec 20, 2022 at 13:27

4 votes

Unconventional fonts

answered Aug 1, 2018 at 15:21

4 votes

In a math talk, is it better to display the number of slides left?

answered Sep 15, 2016 at 15:54

3 votes

Is it okay to send my professor humorous material?

answered Oct 25, 2016 at 13:35

3 votes

What to do when majority of the students do not bother to do peer grading assignment?

answered Oct 26, 2016 at 15:48

3 votes

Are there many countries in which universities pay PhD students a wage comparable to a basic job in industry?

answered Sep 12, 2016 at 13:19

3 votes

Review paper authored by a current collaborator

answered Jun 10, 2016 at 15:16

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Will minor mistakes in my bachelor's thesis harm my future career as a researcher?

My student published a preprint of our published paper without me as an author

Cold emailing another grad student at your institution to ask a question

Why did I receive a negative response from a professor when emailing about course content and prerequisites of a course I am considering taking?

Thriving in a competitive lab

Can one article be published in two different language journals?

Should I send professors money for illegally downloading their books?

Is it appropriate to request that the department hire a female faculty member?

How can a TA help a student who is certain she sucks at programming?

If authors leave out diacritics, should I correct them or leave it as written?

Is it appropriate to email a professor with a simpler solution than the one she provided?

What can I do if my advisor wants me to keep working, even while I'm on medical leave for severe depression?

Why do most people think it's a bad idea to read from slides?

If you're given an hour, is it bad to finish a job talk in half an hour?

Is it okay to keep a "Thank you" slide before references?

Are political/ideological reasons for career moves acceptable in academia?

I'm afraid of chemicals. How do I handle my required uni biology class?

Where should the line be drawn regarding political statements in a scientific report?

Is it okay to typeset someone’s to-be-graded assignment for them?

Should I take threats from a former professor seriously?

Why is my mood dictated so much by how well my research is going?

My teaching evaluations arrived and female students statistically gave me worse scores than male students. Is there any possible explanation?

Head of the department said statistics exams must be done without software, otherwise it's cheating. What can I do as a lecturer?

Can you exclude a co-author because of abusive behaviours?

Unconventional fonts

In a math talk, is it better to display the number of slides left?

Is it okay to send my professor humorous material?

What to do when majority of the students do not bother to do peer grading assignment?

Are there many countries in which universities pay PhD students a wage comparable to a basic job in industry?

Review paper authored by a current collaborator