It’s October and the requests are starting to pile up. They’re multiplying so fast they feel like an anvil-weight of duty perpetually hanging over your head. They refuse to dissipate as the semester ...

The question is whether there's a better way to gather and to write references and recommendation letters for people who are worthy of them. Editor's note: This story is available as a result of a ...

You wouldn’t immediately associate university counsellors with creative writing. Famous authors of fiction who were also university counsellors? No names spring to mind immediately. Yet when it comes ...

A compelling reference letter can be a decisive factor in the hiring process. The value of a strong recommendation cannot be overstated in today’s competitive job market. I’ve seen how a well-crafted ...

One of the core features and frustrations of Apple’s iPad experience is that you can only use one app at a time. Joanne McNeil once lauded the iPad’s lack of multi-tasking, saying that it was a focus ...

You have /3 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Writing reference letters for students and postdocs is part of my job responsibilities as an ...

REFERENCE INFLATION….Henry Farrell is unhappy with the state of the art in recommendation writing: One of Nasi Lemak?s former students recently asked a professor at a top US research university for a ...