After next week, GradHacker will be on summer break for a couple months. But, as every graduate student knows, this does not mean that we are spending our days with our feet in the sand and a beer in our hand (well, at least not everyday). More...
Summer Work and Summer Rest
At this point, summer is here, and with it, a lot of unstructured time. So, we can work, right? We've all got to-do lists a mile long, largely populated with everything we didn't get done during the semester. (Or over winter break. Or the semester before that.) It’s nice to think that we can finally clear out our to-do lists. More...
Science Summer Reading
Grades are in, and the sun is out! Summer is a great time to recharge and reflect on the academic year. For me, nothing is more relaxing and motivating than reading a good book. While there are plenty of great reads for graduate students, here is a summer reading list about science and from some of the best science writers. More...
Faking It
I’m in the process of re-watching Seinfeld in its entirety, pilot-to-finale. The show is remarkable in many ways (for a complete show-biz history, I recommend the book Seinfeldia), but its focus on fundamental and even mundane human interactions means the jokes hold up more than 20 years later. More...
Comment favoriser la rencontre entre l'entreprise et le public ?
Quand on aborde la mise en relation de l’entreprise et du public, c’est la rencontre qui intervient en premier lieu. Hasard, opportunité, probabilité ? Quel enjeu de service public régional de l’orientation à provoquer ces rencontres, créer ces opportunités, fabriquer ces hasards ? André Chauvet développe ici ces notions, pour faire suite à la première partie de la restitution de la journée du 31 mai. Vous retrouverez également la synthèse des ateliers de créativité de l’après-midi auxquels ont participé 204 professionnels. Plus...
Visites d’entreprises : 3e édition
Du 7 au 9 juin, 24 entreprises ouvraient leurs portes au grand public afin de mieux faire connaître les activités des entreprises implantées sur le territoire segréen. Zoom sur cette 3e édition de "visites d’entreprises" organisée par le club d’entreprises du segréen et l’association initiatives Anjou. Plus...
Réécouter l’émission "L’apprentissage : l’autre voie de la réussite"
Le 23 avril 2018, le programme "La vie devant soi" sur Europe 1 consacrait son émission à l’apprentissage : "l’autre voie de la réussite".
En interviewant des jeunes issus de formations très diverses (apprenti cuisinier, apprenti menuisier, apprenti community manager…), l’émission donne la parole à des jeunes ayant trouvé leur voie par le biais l’apprentissage. Plus...
Debriefing the Ph.D. Journey
I graduated recently. Three days later, I had the opportunity to hear higher education guru Dr. Vincent Tinto address a packed room of educators, student affairs personnel, and grad students at a one-day professional development conference. More...
Job Market Memorandum
Disabled in Grad School: Speaking as an Authority
This post is part of a (somewhat loose) series about being disabled at university, with a focus on graduate school: problems we encounter, how we deal with them, and what you can do that will make things easier for fellow graduate students with disabilities. More...