Dilemma: Being a Role Model While Maintaining Privacy
“You can’t be what you can’t see” — Marian Wright Edelman I talk to many academics about the importance of great role models. Seeing someone go before you and successfully juggle work and family life can be really inspiring, providing a source of advice and...
Your Mental Health: Being a Parent at a Time of Crisis
Every now and again I get an email in my overflowing inbox that makes me sit up and pay attention: this week I received a newsletter from PANDA (Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia). I read the following two paragraphs and it struck a chord: “Climate change,...
Thank You for 2019 and Watch Out 2020!
2019 has been a pretty big year for aKIDemic Life, with the launch of the website, the creation and curation of great new content to help parents and carers working in academia, and recognition by Nature Journals as one of the short-listed candidates for Inspiring...