No one is immune
Precarity is a debilitating condition that often proves fatal to research careers. And it affects even the most lauded research groups
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Academics ‘not best’ to advise postdocs on leaving academia
Event hears calls for improved careers services in universities to help steer PhD students and postdocs on opportunities
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UK mathematical sciences need their missing millions
If the balance of the £300 million promised by the UK government is not delivered, a broad swathe of research will suffer, says Ulrike Tillmann
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Is this the beginning of the end of early career precarity?
Even before Covid led to so many job losses among casual and fixed-term academic staff, mass insecurity was increasingly being recognised as a blight on the sector. But is there any realistic...
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I’ve finally realised impact is my duty – and public involvement is the key
There is always more to a research question than the underpinning science. So work with the people you are studying, says Nicola Ray
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Merge or collaborate? EU universities scheme ‘needs two tracks’
Expert says initiative should make different offers to networks that want to integrate into a single institution or just work together
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Germany’s short-term fix on temporary contracts wearing off
Experts say fleeting effect of amending Germany’s fixed-term contract law shows need for wider career reforms
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Talking leadership 30: Paul Pauli on academia in Germany v the UK
The president of the University of Würzburg discusses the differences between the two systems, why he’s joined a European university alliance and the benefits of interdisciplinary working
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Mid-career female researchers ‘need bespoke research grants’
UK professional bodies for mathematicians call for specialist funding to help female senior lecturers whose research careers are blown off course
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Life after Horizon Europe: what UK scholars can expect in Plan B
Stabilisation funding, fellowships and industry collaboration grants identified as key priorities, but questions about whether country can successfully replicate Brussels schemes remain
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Talking leadership 24: Shitij Kapur on improving student mental health
The King’s College London president says universities are ‘not in any way toxic places’
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Constitutional case ‘puts brakes on more anti-precarity laws’
Search for wider solutions must continue while Berlin’s postdoc contract law faces judicial scrutiny, experts say
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Invest in team builders, not science stars, urges Nobelist
Laureate recalls his serendipitous route to chemistry and California, and how he would turn the UK’s ‘lean and mean’ science system into a world leader
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Is chasing unicorns the best commercialisation strategy?
Universities’ intellectual property is seen as key to successful knowledge economies. But what is the best way to turn ideas into marketable products? Is it realistic to expect major commercial...
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Resigning president says Germany needs academic career master plan
Rectors’ conference concerned that Berlin postdoc law could set ‘blueprint’ for unfunded attempts to tackle precarity