Ph.D. advisors who don't teach students to write cover letters for journals, and punchy abstracts when they have good work... I see you!

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I'm cleaning up your mess because your students and ex students deserve better... You... Don't!
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Replying to @o_guest
Seriously, an abstract is probably the most important part of a paper (from a writing quality perspective).
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Replying to @estarianne @HoityPloidy
Most do at my uni and these I'm thinking of do. They just don't teach.
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The ones I'm thinking of aren't at UCL tho. Just to be clear.
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Replying to @o_guest @HoityPloidy
I'm in the states. It seems like writing is a lost art even in academia here.
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But I see a lot of academics picking up the importance as a skill even in the sciences. That's good.
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I try really hard to write gripping and simple prose.
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Replying to @o_guest @HoityPloidy
Well written research is just so much more persuasive and informative.
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