to want an Academics section on MN?

[afussyphase]

I can see it:
AIBU .. to think postgraduate supervision should be better than this?
AIBU ..

• to use the word 'jibberish' in my review of this paper?
• to think if a student emails me at 2:33am he/she should not expect an immediate response?
• not to include these guys as authors when they haven't done anything (except turn up for the first meeting)?
• to recycle this talk for a third time?
• to be irritated at those bigwigs who boast about having written their talk on the plane on the way to the conference?
• to think a PhD supervisor shouldn't have to teach how to use a comma instead of a semicolon?

Ok. Anyone else out there think this could be fun, or at least useful for some, entertaining for some? and it's something MN could so easily do?

Loads of this seems to be covered in FE in education at the moment. Npt quite the right heading but doing the job...

I want that section to exist. I'd never leave it....

There was one. Maybe look on Off the Beaten Track?

A recurring thread at least, rather than a topic.

:) Yeah, I'd be on there too much, probably. Yes, I know some of this is in Further Education but I wouldn't probably try the AIBU variants on there because my impression is that it wouldn't quite fit....

Isn't it "gibberish"?

(ducks)

good idea

Ooooooopps. in my defense, jibberish exists somewhere

Venting about work to other academics? Very tempting. I haven't indulged in so much online snarking since my PhD - it's about time for a reprise..

AIBU to be pregnant (and sitting on my arse in front of AIBU) when I'm supposed to be halfway through my PhD?

I would find an academic section really helpful actually. Something tells me I'm going to be needing a bit of moral support..

Yes, heaven forfend you should have to mix with the likes of us who never made it past GCSE......

rolls eyes

I did read a book once actually. And it weren't even the telly pages or nuffin.

Ach, not really fair, tpp. It's just shared job stuff - same as HCPs, or teachers, or chicken keepers etc just wanting to chat about their own issues, surely?

I'm not an academic any more, but DH is, so I still feel quite in the thick of it sometimes.

I think you should try and set up a separate site for something like that. Keep in mind mumsnet is mainly active in the UK, so you aren't drawing from a big pool (you are attracting a subset of mumsnet users. a small subset likely).

a separate dedicated site is more likely to have global appeal. you might be able to get significant ad revenue if the site is popular.

ponce!
Sorry, from Withnail and I that DH and I shout at each other when we get a bit pretentious

I actually think you should set up any group where you have shared interests, it is what MN is for.

Ah,but some of us are at the age of having kids interested in acedemics,so I think the appeal may be wider than just the appeal to the actual people doing it iiyswim to late at night to be typing this

Yes, please. :)

There is one! It's in OTBT, as FallenMadonna has said.

The issues that I'm probably going to want to talk about are specifically relevant to being simultaneously a parent and (hopefully) a career academic.. I think a subsection on MN, however relatively small, would be totally appropriate.

Also I reckon most of us are too busy to be setting up a separate site and thinking about ad revenue! An MN subsec would be the lazy, low maintenance way out and therefore ideal.

AIBU to fail all students and make them repeat the assay?

AIBU to expect students to realise that a critique of a paper isn't really about whether the references were used properly?

AIBU to expect students to use references properly instead of a picture of the paper heading?

AIBU to expect a student, who has a one week deadline, not to forget to reply to my e-mail with comments to her first attempt, and to read it properly?

No, no, no, no, no! Don't you lot realise there's an REF coming up? A nasty REF with sharp pointy teeth! We can't be doing with more distractions!

No Lueji YANBU (except maybe in failing them all!)

Spinters, I agree about being too busy to set up another site (unless writtenguarantee would like to volunteer, hmmm? :) in which case sign me up)

I think there are enough people on MN, and also enough connection to family/parenting/education issues, too.

And yes, I finally did find the thread on OTBT but it's just one thread! No room for a full forum, questions, AIBUs, feedbacks, advice, and thoughts from anyone who can be bothered (yes including you, thepeoplesprincess; I didn't intend to have anything private - if I only wanted to talk to people I already know or who are academics I could just go to the local common room...).

What do I do, can I start a topic in Education or does MNHQ have to set it up?

Yes please! Off to check OTBT...

Ack.
I really hate being taught by Phd students.

Had one this year who spelt sonnet 'sonet' crossed out the name Hero and replaced with 'hero'. She knew sweet fa about literature because she was a history of art graduate.

The problem wth the use of semi colon versus comma is the
primary school : not going to teach you this because you are too young
Secondary school: not going to teach you this because you should already know it
student: I am an undiagnosed dyslexic

If you want to be all you can be the help students don't fail them for petty faults. The best academics share and impart the wisdom or at least redirect to learning support.

I appreciate my Phd student teacher this year was a special special special case. So very special.
Good luck.