Gendered adjectives: do you want to be described as hard-working?
University staff may often write letters of recommendation in a very gendered way, warns Dame Athene Donald
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What does it take to top the World University Rankings?
Funding, freedom from regulation and staff of the highest calibre are the keys to global success
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Stanley Mandelstam, 1928-2016
An academic described as a 鈥榞iant in theoretical physics鈥 has died
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Universities must prepare ECRs for life outside academia
Only one in 10 PhD graduates will work in academia. Institutions have to do more to ready the other nine for their careers, says a postdoctoral research fellow
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From lab gigs to headliners
It鈥檚 a long way to the top if you want to make it as a PI, but there are many positives on the path to that big break
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Oxford helping with childcare
Elena Tobolkina draws attention to the childcare issues facing early career academics in many UK cities (鈥淲hich should I choose: my postdoc or my child?鈥, Opinion, 9 June). It is incorrect to assert...
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Research funding structures should be tailored to the needs of those doing the science
Early career researchers could benefit most from changes to funding structures, says Sven Sewitz, but he is concerned that there simply isn鈥檛 the will to make it happen
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How likely are academics to confess to errors in research?
Holly Else explores the emotional, reputational and practical barriers to correcting mistakes
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Academics worry the Establishment, and it doesn鈥檛 make us unpatriotic
Sir Keith Burnett asks if criticising your country means academics are unpatriotic
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Anomaly! Collider Physics and the Quest for New Phenomena at Fermilab, by Tommaso Dorigo
Book of the week: Tara Shears enjoys a gossipy tale of the booms and busts involved in collaborative frontier science
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What are you reading? 鈥 21 July 2016
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Academic research spawns recreation of 1960s cinema
Scholars take an audience back to the movie nights of 50 years ago
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Academic conferencing for dummies
Off to an academic conference? Helena Ledmyr聽offers some tricks to getting the most out of attending a scholarly gathering
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A line in the sand
Teesside University recently announced that all professors who are not in management roles will have to reapply for their jobs (鈥淯niversity tells entire professoriate to reapply for their jobs鈥, News...
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Do new mothers doing a PhD get enough support?
Gaining a PhD is a tough act for most students, so how do those with new babies cope while having the additional demands of parenthood?