Are you currently completing, or about to start, a three-year undergraduate degree? Are you thinking about postgraduate studies in the future, but not completely sure if you want to undertake a career in research? Completing an Honours degree might be the right choice for you! What is an Honours degree?…
You’re probably familiar with the term ‘brain drain’. It refers to the loss of expertise and talent of Australia’s best and brightest minds as they are drawn abroad to find work (and much-needed funding) in their field. In 2016, News Corp Australia reported that one of Australia’s top four leading researchers…
One of the decisions a student has to make even before starting university is where to live. For some, the choice may be as simple as continuing to live at home if it is an easy commute to campus. However, many students need to travel to a different city, state…
Are you using the not only … but also construction correctly? Perhaps you waver between each element wondering if the balance or word order is right. It may not be too surprising to learn that its usage in academic writing is more often than not edited by Capstone’s team of editors in…
Did you stumble into academia or was your academic path well planned? What about your students? Have they become more strategic in light of increasing funding pressures? Can those already in academia help make the path less accidental? As your academic seniority grows, people often seek your advice on pursuing…
Evaluating the Risk of Homelessness for Autistic Individuals We are so pleased to (belatedly) announce Elizabeth Osborn as the 2022 Capstone Editing Thesis Editing Grant winner. Elizabeth is completing her PhD in Clinical Psychology at Flinders University with a thesis entitled, ‘Evaluating the Risk of Homelessness for individuals with Autism…
We are so pleased to announce the 2021 recipient of our Capstone Editing Textbook Grant for Undergraduates, Bethany Cooper. Ms Cooper is a third-year medical student at Curtin University, studying a Bachelor of Medicine and a Bachelor of Surgery. Below, Bethany introduces herself and the contributions she has already made…
My mum always said that the best time to study was when you had young kids. I suspect this was because, once she had taken two semesters out of her undergraduate degree to have me, she was desperate to keep her brain occupied until I could read books and discuss…
The fact that women are under-represented in the higher ranks of academia will come as no surprise to those working in universities. Recent statistics by the Department of Education and Training (2016) show that, in Australia, more than half of all positions at the lecturer level are held by females;…
In your academic writing, do you feel the compulsion to utilise complex terminology and vocabulary in hopes of validating your intellectual prowess and ameliorating your grades? If you found that last sentence hard to read, you may realise that complex words are not always the best way to get a…