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No shouting, no shaming: A case study of a mainstream primary school using a whole-school relational approach. Intent.
There are a variety of reasons why a school might want to use a relational approach to behaviour management, and these approaches are increasingly being used to help specific groups of children. The Department of Education's guidelines on how to c...
Post · September 20, 2021
NSF GRFP application advice
I've finally decided to create a professional website, and will be putting these things on there to make it easier to share with others. My out-of-order tips would be:
- Start early (preferably 2-3 months before the deadline)
- Set your goal to...
Post · September 16, 2021
The Debate: Physician or Scientist
For years I was a hardcore, ambitious premedical student. I lived and breathed medicine and I had only one ambition - become a physician. And then, I began working in academia and it opened me up to a career I hadn’t yet considered, a PhD. For the...
Post · September 14, 2021
The importance of being emailable
Email is the primary method of long-distance communication in academia. Universities provide email addresses, so any student and faculty is guaranteed to have access to email.
As an academic, it is important to be emailable.
Being emailable mea...
Post · September 13, 2021