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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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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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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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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Women trail men in securing research council grants
Research Councils UK analysis reveals gender difference in success rates
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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...
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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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THE Scholarly Web - 23 January 2014
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STEM the inertia on inequality
MPs have highlighted the problem of too few women in science, but more than words are needed to tackle the issue
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The ones to watch
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...
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The Cosmic Cocktail: Three Parts Dark Matter, by Katherine Freese
Virginia Trimble on the search for the mysterious, magical secret ingredient of the universe
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Is ‘academic citizenship’ under strain?
A wide range of essential under-the-radar tasks sustain academic culture, but who will perform them in an increasingly careerist academy?