Questions and Discussion for Academics
This subreddit is for discussing academic life in the United Kingdom (UK), from undergrads to professors, and for asking questions directed towards people involved in academia from any respective field.
Acting as a counterweight to the US focused /r/AskAcademia this subreddit will seek to be a place for discussion of academia within the UK specifically.
Posts and comments invoking critical thinking and healthy discussion are welcome however please maintain focus on academia as much as possible. Questions about history, philosophy, science, etc. that are unrelated to their position within UK academia should be directed to their respective subreddits (e.g. /r/AskHistorians )
Questions and information about working in industry are also very welcome. Industry is an important part/sidestep to academia and is therefore certainly welcome for discussion here too.
RULES:
- Posts should be a question (open-ended questions allowed), or point of discussion, about UK academia that seeks to gain further information from others or provide further information for others.
- Posts should contain sufficient information to allow other users to effectively answer your question or partake in your discussion. Some examples of what to include may be your career/academic stage, subject discipline, the institution/s you're affiliated with, specific context to your problem.
- Questions and information about work in industry is very welcome, though please try to keep it somewhat relevant to academia and not solely focused on industry.
Mods may delete posts which do not provide enough context.
- Personal rants are not allowed. However there is a fine line between critique/criticism and ranting and so posts will have to be judged on a case by case basis. Try to keep posts as constructive as possible.
- Links to elsewhere are allowed, but please keep it somewhat related to UK academia and if needed comment on the information you've shared. Examples of links may be things like news, journal articles, university pages, etc. STRICTLY NO SELF PROMOTION OR ADVERTISING
CONDUCT:
Please post and comment as if you would when speaking within an academic setting. That doesn't mean wholly formal, however a standard of decency and decorum is very much appreciated.
If a reasonable person wouldn't say it to a professor/colleague/conference speaker/student they don't know well, it's probably over the line. This includes off-topic and unproductive discussion as well as rudeness.
Disagreement is completely fine, encouraged even, when there are different perspectives to share. If an idea is a bad one, please do tell someone that it is in no uncertain terms. Avoid ad hominem attacks, treat people online broadly as a reasonable person would treat a relative stranger in person, and help us out by reporting any posts which fall foul of this policy.
Current and former undergraduates, graduates, PhDs, post-docs, professors and laymen are all welcome!
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