Research collaboration: does absence make the heart grow fonder?
Academics are likely to be happier at work if their research involves scholars away from their institution, study reveals
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Ambitious postdocs jostle for scant permanent posts
Poor job security a major issue in survey of chemist and physicist PhD graduates, writes Paul Jump
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Scholarly sleaze
Just like Hollywood and Parliament, academia has entrenched power hierarchies. It can’t pretend that sexual harassment doesn’t take place
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Authorship wars: academics outline the rules for recognition
Holly Else reveals the results of a THE poll seeking to uncover the extent of authorship abuses as well as views on what criteria should generate credit
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Split in postdoc prospects
Wide variations in the career prospects of postdoctoral researchers across disciplines suggest that two distinct research cultures continue to co-exist in universities. In the physical and biological...
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Leader: Postdoc promotion
There are good reasons why there should be more postdoctoral students on temporary contracts in the physical and biological sciences than in the arts and social sciences. Modern scientific research...
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Is ‘universal basic income’ a better option than research grants?
Instead of spending time competing for competitive funding, academics should be given a lump sum, paper suggests
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US anthropologists debate response to rise of Trump
Association’s annual meeting discusses teaching in ‘red’ states and need for domestic research
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Work-life balance survey 2018: long hours take their toll on academics
ÌÇÐÄVlog’s first major global survey of university staff views on work-life balance finds academics feeling stressed and underpaid, and struggling to fit time for personal relationships...
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Academia and the gig economy: how to survive in the post-golden age
Academia often treats leavers as failures, but some of our smartest scholars are starting to see walking away as liberation, writes Inger Mewburn
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Early career researchers: the hidden costs of interview
Covering interview travel expenses creates financial hardships for early career academics, says Rachel Yoho
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California postdocs win better employment terms
After 18 months of wrangling, postdoctoral researchers have finally reached an agreement with the University of California over a contract of employment that they hope will set standards for postdocs...
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'Best and brightest' postdocs rewarded
Twenty newly qualified biomedical scientists have each received £250,000 awards from the Wellcome Trust in a new scheme to help postdoctoral students start their research careers, writes Louise...
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Research-intensive universities ‘offer best maternity pay’
Generous leave packages used as a strategy to retain top female researchers in elite institutions, study suggests
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A manifesto for early career researchers
Early career researchers are the ‘working class of higher education’, writes Elisabeth Julie Vargo Â