Hundreds of PhD students chasing every early career post
THE study reveals intense competition for roles at Russell Group universities, despite new openings for those seeking a research career
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It鈥檚 right to take a break
Rebecca Braun鈥檚 article about maternity leave for academics (鈥淪he knows, she tried鈥, Features, 23 January) gave a rather negative view of the experience and detracted from some of the progress that...
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Working family allowances
Being an academic and a parent is harder than it should be, but not all want children while others make it work regardless
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Good science requires better teaching
We must change the way we educate students to counter rising scientific misconduct, say Tim Birkhead and Bob Montgomerie
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How to Clone a Mammoth: The聽Science of De-extinction, by Beth Shapiro
Work to bring creatures back from the dead is a tale of wonder and warning, writes Tiffany Taylor
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Doctor Who and the portfolio career
Kevin Fong advises academics to scale the silo walls occasionally to regenerate their careers
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Questions over open books
If open access is to be extended to books, two questions need to be put straight away. How are authors and publishers to position the boundary between books for whose publication the author must in...
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Academia and beyond: life after a doctorate
Highlighting the challenges of doing a PhD in order to manage the expectations of prospective doctoral candidates, both during and post-PhD, is of course extremely valuable (鈥淭his far, and no聽further...
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To Explain The World: The Discovery of Modern Science, by Steven Weinberg
A history of the steps humans took to explain how and why things work delights Cait MacPhee
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Can post-publication peer review endure?
The process may mean greater scrutiny but is it legally viable?
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Women in STEM still waiting for structural change
Dame Athene Donald brands MPs鈥 report on women in science 鈥榳eak鈥
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Women in STEM waiting for structural change
Dame Athene Donald brands MPs鈥 report on women in science 鈥榳eak鈥
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If I were v-c for a day...
From tackling pay to decrees on sleep and email curfews, five scholars explain what they would do to improve the academy in 24 hours
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Tackle research fraud with 鈥榝ear factor鈥: psychiatrist
Reassure junior researchers but make senior scientists know they鈥檙e being watched, scholar argues
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THE Scholarly Web - 27 March 2014
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere