Give researchers two-year minimum contracts, UCU manifesto urges
UK universities must end use of year-long contracts that keep researchers in ‘perpetual limbo’, says union-led manifesto
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What could the rise of the AfD mean for German universities?
With its Trump-style promise to smash woke ideology on campus, Germany’s far-right populist party is widely seen as a threat by academics. And with even the country’s mainstream parties promising...
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Where do UK PhD graduates go? Careers observatory may hold answer
Collating information from LinkedIn, ORCID profiles, Hesa and HMRC could solve data black hole over PhD careers, says research director
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How bad has Brexit been for UK universities?
Five years on since the UK officially left the European Union, Patrick Jack examines whether the consequences for universities have been as drastic as many feared at the time
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Universities ‘do little to help PhDs who want to leave academia’
More than half of PhD graduates find jobs outside universities after graduating but students complain programmes are still only set up to help create new professors
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DPhil student turned union head eyes Oxford postgraduate access
Oxford student union president Addi Haran Diman is highlighting the difficulties faced by postgraduate researchers after completing a DPhil at 22
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ÌÇÐÄVlog’s most-read articles of 2024
International student mobility and postgraduate student issues continue to attract readers’ attention in tumultuous year for global sector
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‘Fear and intimidation’ hurt campus free speech – survey
Vast majority of scholars admit self-censoring over fears they will be targeted by students or academics, suggests ÌÇÐÄVlog’s free speech survey
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Academics fear policy stasis as Germany heads back to polls
Sector leaders fear progress will be stymied by expected months of political uncertainty
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The ÌÇÐÄVlog academic freedom survey 2024
As wars, both real and cultural, rage around the world, disputes about academic freedom are becoming ever more fraught. Is freedom of speech under threat on campus? And are some restrictions a...
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Interview with Sam Wass
Expert in early years development at the University of East London discusses working with children, translating his work for a TV audience and why more scholars should consider leaving the research...
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Interview with Sahar El Aidy
Microbiologist on her latest breakthrough and why we should care more about our guts
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Israeli research increasingly isolated one year into Gaza war
Sector leaders fear ‘catastrophic’ damage to scholarship as overseas academics and students leave
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German universities could be ‘less attractive’ as far right rises
Success of anti-immigration AfD in Saxony and Thuringia alarms German sector
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Academic networking: a cynic’s game?
Junior scholars are urged to do all they can to build bridges with the people who can give them jobs and promotions. But how calculating should they be about who to approach? How should they do it?...