Challenges for Faculty and Students

Being a student is tough, just ask anyone finishing the Bachelor’s, or Master’s degree (PhD students are born for this stress so they don’t count đŸ˜‰ ).

Being a teacher can be just as stressful.

On the teaching side of education staying ‘in touch’ and relevant to students is always a challenge. Not only does the knowledge about the discipline being taught change over time, so does culture. Indeed, culture changes a lot: take a look at the famous (or is it infamous) annual Mindset List from Beloit College. Here’s news coverage of the 2010 release.

The Chronicle of Higher Education have compiled a similar lists for students – The Mindset of Faculty. So students you have more to study!

Speaking of studying, here’s what really stress out students:

Stressed Out Students

The Startup Lifecycle

Fred Destin is one of the co-founders of a European startup accelerator Seedcamp and he recently gave a presentation on the lifecycle of a startup. The presentation covers key issues and time-periods that every startup will hit and has short suggestions on how to deal with each of them.

If you’re thinking of starting a business in the interactive space you’ll want to check this out.