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Preparing A-Level Students for an AI Future

Integrating AI literacy and critical thinking into A-level education can prepare students for an AI-driven future while addressing the limitations and ethical considerations of AI in the classroom.

Jessica Rachid
September 24, 2024
4 min read

Turning Academic Failure into Growth

Students can use AI tools to reflect on failures, create recovery plans, and enhance learning for future success.

Jessica Rachid
September 23, 2024
4 min read

How PhD students benefit from Scholarcy

How do PhD students benefit from Scholarcy? Scholarcy set out to determine the effect that Scholarcy had on PhD students workflow as they produce a literature review.

Oliver Back
September 10, 2024
5 min read

Combatting Imposter Syndrome Whilst Managing the Expectations of Graduate School

Imposter syndrome and burnout plague graduate students all across the globe, so how can PhD students manage expectations, and stave off burnout whilst juggling other responsibilities?

Oliver Back
July 17, 2024
5 min read

Globetrotting Academia

What reasons are there to remain in academia after graduating from a PhD? Why not make the leap and transition to a job in industry? Scholarcy dive deep into the reasons one might wish to remain in academia.

Oliver Back
July 15, 2024
6 min read

Leaving academia and moving countries

What are the challenges with pursuing a PhD? How does the PhD skillset and experience translate over to working in industry? What is it like for Brazilians moving to the UK? Dr Rodrigo Chaves completed his PhD in Quantum Computing, and now lives and works in the UK as an algorithm developer for a quantum computing company. Learn about his experience completing a PhD and moving across the globe.

Oliver Back
June 6, 2024
8 min read

Leaving Academia and Founding a Start-up

Why did Phil do a PhD, and how did it lead to founding Scholarcy? What are the skills gained, and the lessons learnt along the way? Phil talks about his motivations, challenges, and successes as a PhD in academia

Oliver Back
April 25, 2024
5 min read

On leaving academia for industry

What's it like to leave academia for a job in industry? Are there any drawbacks to working in industry having an academic background? Matt from the Instagram @GradSchoolSucks shares his experience of leaving an academic job to pursue a career in industry

Oliver Back
April 22, 2024
6 min read

The Future of AI and Academia: Mushtaq Bilal

In an era where AI is reshaping every facet of life, what role does it play in revolutionising academic writing and research? Discover how Mushtaq Bilal leverages AI to enhance scholarly work.

Jessica Rachid
February 13, 2024
6 min read

Navigating the 2024 Job Market: A Graduate's Guide in the AI Era

Emotional intelligence, creativity and critical thinking are essential skills in today's job market.

Jessica Rachid
January 30, 2024
6 min read

Navigating the Biomedical Maze: A Scholarcy Success Story

Picture the whirlwind of being a first-year biomedical science undergraduate at the University of Sheffield – the excitement of newfound knowledge mixed with the challenge of deciphering scientific jargon that might as well be written in another language. Now, meet a remarkable undergrad on this journey, not just as a first-year student but as someone who returned to academia at the age of 23, bringing a different perspective and life experience to her studies.

Emma Warren-Jones
August 14, 2023
3 min read

Can automation make you a better researcher?

With many skills, such as learning a language, playing an instrument, or learning to ski, we often think that if only we spent more time on the task, we would reach our goals more effectively. But is the same true for all aspects of academic research - for example, screening the literature? Does spending more time screening research papers always make for better research?

Emma Warren-Jones
July 27, 2022
6 min read

Making published research more accessible

Accessibility has been a consideration of web design for almost as long as the web has existed. Accessibility guidelines are arguably well understood, and relatively straightforward to implement when it comes to websites and apps. Academic books and articles, however, predate the internet by many years, and it may seem that academic articles are the most unlikely starting points for accessible text. At first sight, articles can look very daunting – full of technical abbreviations, and demanding considerable prior knowledge, presenting challenges for the general reader and students alike.

Emma Warren-Jones
April 23, 2022
8 min read

How to evaluate the quality and veracity of an article

So you’ve got a literature review to write, and the deadline is approaching. Perhaps you don’t know how to begin. Or maybe you’ve started and got stuck. Perhaps you’ve used one of the many discovery tools out there to find relevant papers, but now you have to read and filter them all. You’ve got a folder full of articles, and you’re learning that PDF doesn’t actually stand for ‘print, download, forget’….

Emma Warren-Jones
November 5, 2021
6 min read

Best tools for screening and reading research papers

There’s a huge amount of relevant and high-quality research on any given subject, but researchers simply don’t have the time to absorb it all.It’s not just a question of discovering the best information, it’s understanding and applying it that matters. The risk is that important findings that could support new studies are being missed.To put this into context: there were more than 3 million articles published in 2018.

Emma Warren-Jones
March 4, 2021
9 min read

Breaking news: How AI technology is helping science journalists stay on top of the latest research

Science journalists are a vital bridge between researchers and the public. They “shine a light on discoveries” [1] and translate complex studies into accessible articles that help to educate and inform the wider community.This isn’t always an easy task — science journalists face an uphill battle to secure an exclusive story about significant scientific breakthroughs and developments. Not only are journalists overwhelmed with the increasing volume of scientific papers, they’re also under pressure to transform important discoveries and findings into engaging articles as quickly as possible.

Emma Warren-Jones
July 30, 2021
7 min read
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