Your toughest experiment: taking the lead in the lab
Eight scientists share the secrets of being a successful principal investigator
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Hidden leopard-skin G-string exposed
Swiss-French scientist says he just wants to have fun
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In Belgium, the beer is warmer than the academy
Belgian academia looks enticing and accommodating to UK postgraduates, but Kate Macdonald found that it was for locals only
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Prizewinners’ labs ‘least likely to hire women’
Women are greatly underrepresented in the laboratories of the highest-achieving male biology professors in the US, a study has revealed.
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How many hours a week should academics work?
Some surveys show faculty putting in at least 60 hours a week, but research casts doubt on whether this is a productive routine
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Funders call for more investment in Brazilian science
More research spending needed, says head of Brazil’s innovation agency
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Stefan Grimm death prompts questions for Imperial president
The president of Imperial College London has spoken directly about the suicide of Stefan Grimm for the first time in public.
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Peer reviewing: a good deed and a good career move, too
Early career scholars will help themselves as well as others by assessing papers, abstracts, grant proposals and book chapters. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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Should post-publication peer review be anonymous?
The PubPeer organisers and two other scholars debate the merits and pitfalls of anonymity in peer review
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A cliff is no place to start
Building an academic career is hard, but high initial hurdles and a lack of clear progression paths make it unnecessarily daunting
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The risks and rewards of academic life in the big city
David Bignell reflects on the trials and tribulations of scholarly life in London
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Queen Mary University of London considers making PhD students employees
Importance of doctoral candidates in research makes it likely that many institutions will make the change, says principal
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Q&A with David Greenaway
The new Russell Group chair on the looming spending review, criticism of elite universities and their leaders, and cycling from one end of the country to the other
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TeachHigher, wages lower? Beware the outsourcers’ razor
Benjamin Poore calls on universities to reject plans likely to make hourly paid lecturers’ lot poorer and more precarious
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Are older academics past their productive peak?
A recent paper claims that the quality of researchers declines with age. Five senior scientists consider the data and how they’ve contributed through the years