Blogs
A list of some local and international blogs that cover topics of interest to academic casuals.
The Third Degree
Erica Cervini is a long-time observer of Australia's higher education scene.
She blogs for Fairfax at http://blogs.theage.com.au/thirddegree/
CAPA Contemplations: Presidential Ponderings
John Nowakowski is the 2011 National President of the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations and a PhD student at the University of Sydney in Chemical Engineering.
He blogs at http://capapre.wordpress.com and tweets as @janek85.
Tammi Tasting Terroir
Tammi Jonas is a former President of CAPA.
Her blog at www.tammijonas.com is 'the infrequent and imperfect yet impassioned musings of a PhD candidate, mother, wife, sister, daughter, friend and would-be cultural commentator with a penchant for food and community…'. Tammi tweets as @tammois
The Thesis Whisperer
Just like the horse whisperer – but with more pages. Dr Inger Mewburn from RMIT's School of Graduate Research blogs at www.thethesiswhisperer.wordpress.com
The Research Whisperer
Just like the Thesis Whisperer – but with more money. See www.theresearchwhisperer.wordpress.com
The Insecure Scholar
The Times Higher Education's weekly online blog on the daily struggles, petty indignities and insecurities of an insecure scholar ran from October 2009 (first blog entry here) until 18 March 2010 (final blog entry here).
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