S4E6: The hidden curriculum at academic conferences (part 2)

Within & Between by Within&Between Podcast

May 10, 202300:43:09Science & Medicine

In the second part of our series on academic conferences, Jess and Sara talk through the unique vocabulary of conferences (the word plenary, by the way, means “fully attended by all entitled to be present”), and walk thr...

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