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 (“This far, and no 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’ report on women in science ‘weak’
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Women in STEM waiting for structural change
Dame Athene Donald brands MPs’ report on women in science ‘weak’
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Tackle research fraud with ‘fear factor’: psychiatrist
Reassure junior researchers but make senior scientists know they’re being watched, scholar argues
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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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THE Scholarly Web - 27 March 2014
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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The PhD experience: this far, and no further
Five students on how doctoral study changed them and their futures
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Post-docs cast their vote on "best place to work for postdocs 2004"
Brussels, 25 Nov 2003 Last year the international science magazine The Scientist invited readers in the USA, Canada and western Europe to give their opinions of the 'Best places to work for postdocs...
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Post-docs cast their vote on "best place to work for postdocs 2004"
Brussels, 25 Nov 2003 Last year the international science magazine The Scientist invited readers in the USA, Canada and western Europe to give their opinions of the 'Best places to work for postdocs...
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Women trail men in securing research council grants
Research Councils UK analysis reveals gender difference in success rates
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Amnesia in the outback
An academic talks about her experience, the impact on her work and the long road to recovery
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Making time for Plan B (2 of 2)
While it is true that many PhD students and early career postdocs don't have a Plan B, and equally true that academic institutions can profit from their unrealised aspirations, not all universities...