French state memo signals volte-face on work visas
Ministry bows to academic pressure and reverses stricter post-study rules. Clea Caulcutt reports
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News in brief
Research malpractice'Inadequate role model'A prominent researcher who spends 20 per cent of her time at the University of Manchester has been reprimanded by the German Research Foundation (the DFG)...
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Making time for Plan B (1 of 2)
I read with interest "Making other plans" (14 June), which provided an overview of the need for many with higher degrees to accept and prepare for careers beyond the academy.At my institution, the...
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White knight defence
The CDBU鈥檚 set-up is too narrow, too limiting: to fulfil its aims it must reach out and diversify, argues Alice Bell
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Leader: Clarity begins at home
Sunlight is the best disinfectant, and the UK's institutions and researchers must be fearless in shining a light on misconduct
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Making other plans
Universities benefit from the large pool of cheap labour provided by PhD students and postdocs, but there aren鈥檛 enough academic jobs to go around, so young scholars should prepare for the...
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News in brief
Digital humanitiesNo-holds BardA large-scale digital resource whose first tranche covers the writings of "Shakespeare and his immediate contemporaries, antecedents and successors" has been launched...
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Research Intelligence - The doctor will advise you now
PhDs and postdocs turn to social media to answer their pressing questions. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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Access all areas: developing go-anywhere academics
Matthew Reisz reports on plans to help European academics think, speak and act transnationally
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All-terrain scholars pursue fluency in different cultures
Forum discusses efforts to increase mobility of Europe鈥檚 academics
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THE Scholarly Web
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Work and other labours of love
Academics and others discuss a typical working week
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Worldwide acclaim for ground breaking local heroines
Matthew Reisz on the awards that highlight the developing world's leading young female scientists
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European University Institute鈥檚 renaissance thinking
Jack Grove on a European institution鈥檚 mission to foster cross-border scholarship
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Letters
Doctoral talking shops are the best we鈥檝e gotThe feature 鈥淲him and rigour鈥 (25 April) does not provide an entirely thorough analysis. It asks if the viva is still fit for purpose, so it should have...