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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Wake up and value the potential of the postdoc
Early-career researchers can reinvigorate academe, but only if they are given support and job security, argues Paul Wicks Professors profess, lecturers lecture, students study and assistants assist....
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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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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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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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Leader: Let's cherish our postdoc talents
Anyone who has slogged through school and university to gain a PhD and get a job as a postdoctoral researcher has already demonstrated their dedication to academic life. But too many promising...
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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
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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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Interview with Cristina Lo Celso
The Imperial College London stem cell biologist discusses her Italian roots, the search for a cancer cure and dealing with a crowded commute
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Postdocs cover for teaching shortfall
When Birmingham University research fellow Silvia Ramos began teaching three years ago, it took her up to four hours to prepare for an hour's tutorial. Now she is a course supervisor for a fourth-...
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Decades of learning
We were pleased that both the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Teaching and Learning Laboratory and RELATE at MIT (Research in Learning, Assessing and Tutoring Effectively) were mentioned in...
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A Machiavellian guide to getting ahead in academia
Rogier Creemers advises early career academics to be ruthless and put themselves first to move up the ladder
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Research and rescue: how to make postdoc a career
Warwick v-c tasked with stopping 'smart kids' turning their backs on science tells Zoe Corbyn he 'has form'
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Poisonous science: the dark side of the lab
The bullying and subsequent suicide of a talented Ivy League scientist exposes ugly truths about the cruelty and dysfunction at the heart of academic science
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Quarter of arts PhDs ‘neglect career development’
Many UK doctoral students view professional development as a ‘distraction’ or a ‘waste of time’, says study