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Ben Marder

Articles by Ben Marder

Trying too hard? According to research, how academics dress can influence all sorts of important career factors

Suited and booted for the campus return, or is scruffy the new norm?

Academics are not known for their killer dress sense, but it can affect everything from course evaluations to perceived competence, say Sebastian Oliver and Ben Marder

By Sebastian Oliver

25 June

A man pulls a cheesy pose in 1970s clothing. Academics need to strike the right tone with their academic profiles if they want to attract PhD students.

Is your university staff profile putting off PhD applicants?

To attract PhD students, advisers must portray competence and warmth. Ben Marder and Sebastian Oliver explain how to optimise your staff profile

By Ben Marder

26 March

When reviewers give you lemons, bench press them

Ben Marder offers early career researchers some advice on how to cope with paper rejections

By Ben Marder

4 January

Woman reading with letters emerging from the book

When you’re a lecturer in a business school but you can’t spell ‘business’

Don’t be afraid to reveal that you’re a dyslexic in academia; Ben Marder – a ‘busyness academic’ – explains the benefits of ‘coming out’

By Ben Marder

8 December