Academia is wonderful and flawed.

Unemployment, funding cuts, isolation, the relentless publish or perish pressure – and the vicious cycles behind it: funding cuts for universities due to poor publications, poor publications due to inadequate funding.

This is the underbelly all academics know, but rarely gets talked about honestly.

We are talking about it. – Procrastinate Panic Publish

Is an open dialogue between all the voices that need to be heard: students, professors, doctoral heads, investors, academic entrepreneurs, and wider society.

Our goal is simple, have the conversations that can effect the changes needed for better practices and infrastructure in academia.

In our first episode, we sit down with Brooke Struck, PhD  and Thomas Ledwell, trusted voices who’ve worked with places like McGill and Durham to tackle PhD employment challenges, systemic funding gaps, and the messy realities behind the rankings and papers.

A huge shoutout to Diane nolan Head of Communications at The Global Undergraduate Awards for co-hosting this with me, her warmth and sharp questions help keep these conversations honest, real, and braver than they’d ever be on paper.

If you believe we can do better, listen in. Pass it on. – 🎧 Listen to the full episode on Spotify