THE Scholarly Web - 27 March 2014
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere

Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere

From tackling pay to decrees on sleep and email curfews, five scholars explain what they would do to improve the academy in 24 hours

Five students on how doctoral study changed them and their futures

Research Councils UK analysis reveals gender difference in success rates

An academic talks about her experience, the impact on her work and the long road to recovery
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...

Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere

MPs have highlighted the problem of too few women in science, but more than words are needed to tackle the issue
Thanks to the Centre for Science and Policy, a constellation of UK research stars gathered recently at the Royal Society to hear Sir Mark Walport and others ponder “future directions for scientific...

A wide range of essential under-the-radar tasks sustain academic culture, but who will perform them in an increasingly careerist academy?

Virginia Trimble on the search for the mysterious, magical secret ingredient of the universe

Holly Else examines European efforts to make academic career paths less challenging to navigate

The REF’s formal assessment of the impact of academic work was highly controversial in theory: how did it play out in practice?

Male and female scholars speak frankly about juggling parenting and research

The UK has to strengthen ties with Asia if it is to reverse the decline in international students, says Liam Byrne