Suited and booted for the campus return, or is scruffy the new norm? Academics are not known for their killer dress sense, but it can affect everything from course evaluations to perceived competence, say Sebastian Oliver and Ben Marder By Sebastian Oliver 25 June
Is your university staff profile putting off PhD applicants? To attract PhD students, advisers must portray competence and warmth. Ben Marder and Sebastian Oliver explain how to optimise your staff profile By Ben Marder 26 March
When reviewers give you lemons, bench press them Ben Marder offers early career researchers some advice on how to cope with paper rejections By Ben Marder 4 January
When you’re a lecturer in a business school but you can’t spell ‘business’ Don’t be afraid to reveal that you’re a dyslexic in academia; Ben Marder – a ‘busyness academic’ – explains the benefits of ‘coming out’ By Ben Marder 8 December
