GSLI newsletter - July 4 to July 29, 2016

The July 4 to July 29 issue of the GSLI newsletter is now available for download in this folder.

GSLI newsletter - July 4 to July 29, 2016

The GSLI newsletter covering the period July 4 to July 29 is now available. Click here to download the newsletter.

GSLI newsletter - June 16 to July 15, 2016

The GSLI newsletter covering the period June 16 to July 15 is now available. Click here to download the newsletter.

Should you have a blog?

Some people think they are great. Others feel they are not a good use of time. PhD student Caroline Wood explains why she maintains her blog in a guest blog post in Digital Science.

Can critical thinking skills be taught?

John Schlueter discusses the debate in this article in Inside Higher Ed.

GSLI Newsletter - June 6 to June 30

There are workshops scheduled this month so check out the GSLI newsletter to learn more. In addition, this month includes links to information about the transition of UoG email to Office 365 and a link to information presented at the recent new grad orientations, in case you missed them.

Check out the report on the TRaCE Project

The new issue of University Affairs features an article on the TRaCE project, which is a one-year experiment in data gathering and community building among PhDs in the humanities. The 4 goals of this project are to:

(1) track humanities PhDs;
(2) report on where they are, whether inside or outside the academy, and what they have achieved;
(3) connect them with each other and with faculty and students inside the academy;
(4) sponsor exchanges of knowledge among PhD students, faculty and PhD grads who are pursuing careers in non-academic sectors.

The article provides links to more detail on the Trace project, and a new 5-year project, Trace 2.0, which will reach out to PhDs in the social sciences, as well as MFAs and PhDs in the arts.