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Category Archives: Career
Student Career Podcast: Myroslava at Fortumo
In this podcast interview, Myroslava Stavnycha, a first-year master’s student of software engineering at the University of Tartu, talks about her fresh job at the leading mobile payments provider Fortumo. Continue reading
Posted in Career, Estonia, Events, Student life, Studies, Tartu
Tagged career, Fortumo, IT, software engineering, student interview, student job, Ukraine
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Why Do 48h Hackathons Work?
As the co-founder of Garage48 Foundation, Priit Salumaa has been doing hackathons in 12 countries for 4 years now. He discusses what 48h hackathons can and cannot achieve. Continue reading
Posted in Career, Events
Tagged 48h, entrepreneurship, garage48, hackathon, intellectual property, prototype building, startup
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The Future of the Worst Possible Science World
Jüri Allik, UT Professor of Experimental Psychology and one of the world’s most cited scientists in his field, elaborates on the future of the worst possible world of scientific publishing. Continue reading
Posted in Career, General, Research
Tagged bibliometry, open access, peer-review, PLoS, scientific journals, scientific publishing
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The Crazy World of Peer Review
Jüri Allik, UT Professor of Experimental Psychology and one of the world’s most cited scientists in his field, elaborates on three main shortcomings of peer review: slowness, ineffectiveness, and amorality. Continue reading
Posted in Career, General, Research
Tagged blind review, editing system, editor, manuscript, peer review system, peer-review, plagiarism, psychology, reviewer, scientific publishing
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Brave New World of Scientific Publishing
Jüri Allik, UT Professor of Experimental Psychology and one of the world’s most cited scientists in his field, reveals the shady details of the closed world of scientific publishing. Continue reading
Posted in Career, General, Research
Tagged editing system, editors, peer-review, publishing, publishing houses, research, science, scientific, scientific journals, Web of Science
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Exploring the Odd Charm of French Guiana as an Expedition Chef
Read Ann Ideon’s story about an expedition to French Guiana, where she participated as a chef. Ann, a UT graduate in geography, has succeeded in combining her education with her passion for cooking. Continue reading
Posted in Career, Natural and exact sciences, Research
Tagged Amazonian jungle, chef, cooking, entomology, expedition, French Guiana, geography, geology, ichthyology, PhD, South America, zoology
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Latvian Students Find Their Way to Tartu
Read why so many Latvians find their way to Tartu, what their role in the Estonian student satellite project is, and what they think about life, studies, and work in Tartu. Continue reading
Posted in Career, Estonia, Natural and exact sciences, Research, Student life, Studies, Tartu
Tagged business, enrepreneurship, Estcube, ESTCube-1, Latvian, Latvians, Master''s, PhD, space, student project, student satellite
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