Delving into Academics: Recent Episodes
Delving into Academics
A podcast interviewing various researchers in science about what they're currently working on and their life as an academic!
In the final episode of season one, Professor Judy Hardy talk about her work in Physics Education research, discussing the learning techniques the group she works with explores. We also talk about possible alternatives to exams and Professor Hardy gives excellent advice to students.
Book/article recommendation: How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching by Susan A. Ambrose, Michael W. Bridges, Michele DiPietro, Marsha C. Lovett, and Marie K. Norman https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Learning-Works-Research-Based-Principles/dp/0470484101
University Website: https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/people/judy-hardy https://ddi.ac.uk/women-in-data/professor-judy-hardy/
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Professor Ken Rice talks about his research into studying and searching for exoplanets, and how solar systems can be formed. He also describes the pro and cons of being in an academic research career, and how he took on each stage by doing what interested him most.
Book/article recommendation: Try out any popular science book! Find some in your local bookseller, book company or Amazon.
University Website: https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/people/ken-rice https://www.roe.ac.uk/~wkmr/
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For this episode, Professor Richard Blythe talks about how his research merges linguistics and statistical physics and how the two are helping his research into memory. He explains why he loves being a researcher at a university and how we should keep an open mind with our future plans.
Book/article recommendation: Irreversibility and Heat Generation in the Computing Process by R. Landauer http://worrydream.com/refs/Landauer%20-%20Irreversibility%20and%20Heat%20Generation%20in%20the%20Computing%20Process.pdf
University Website: https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/people/richard-blythe
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