The big push: are PhDs too tough?
Study suggests doctorates are now seen as a test of character rather than intellect
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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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What is it like to take a leadership role at a university?
Senior management has its perks but it also comes with a host of new practical, philosophical, psychological and even physical challenges. Here, seven people who have lived through that fiery baptism...
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Are research institutes islands of excellence?
Independent research institutes are hailed as hothouses for cutting-edge science, but they seem to be falling out of fashion. Rachael Pells asks if concentrating research in universities is a better...
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‘I understand anger over v-c pay’, says new Cambridge head
Institution’s Canadian leader tackles executive remuneration, Brexit and diversifying the university’s student intake in THE interview
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The week in higher education – 25 January 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Is the academy too close to Silicon Valley?
The entanglement of the university and tech worlds faces increased scrutiny following the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Could joint positions in industry and academia offer a workable and ethically...
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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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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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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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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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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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'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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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...