Research executive
The verb that describes what postdocs do (besides assisting a lot of teaching) is "to execute research" (Opinions, April 20). In grant proposals, the academic staff who will be paid to do the work...
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Suitors sought for overlooked but loaded LoLas
The BBSRC wants academics alert to the potential of its multimillion-pound long-term grants.
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Cancer charity to partner research
Cancer Research UK is planning to fund a network of 20 research centres in British universities over the next two years, writes Melanie Newman. The centres will focus on research into the disease and...
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Academe risks losing talent
Postdocs are 'the forgotten' in UK universities, lacking adequate support and advice, reports Anthea Lipsett. Universities risk losing the cream of young British research talent to industry and...
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PhDs fail to sell their skills to employers
Postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers are failing to make employers aware of their skills, according to analysis carried out by the UK Grad programme. UK Grad presented a new meta-analysis of...
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Sexing up the science
Journals want 'no ifs and buts' research, but Tim Birkhead wants honesty
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Physicists fail to stall cuts despite subject review
Physicists and astronomers battling with their research council over plans to cut funding heard this week that there would be no reprieve while the Government-initiated Wakeham review of physics...
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Particle-perfect
James Stirling relishes his return to research as he anticipates the dawn of a new golden era of particle physics
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Fish, football and flights of fancy
Name: Jens Krause Age: 41 Job: Professor of behavioural ecology, Leeds University. Background: First degree at the Free University Berlin, Germany, followed by an MPhil at Queens' College, Cambridge...
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Long academic holidays 'a myth'
Many academics take only two weeks' holiday a year, according to a Loughborough University academic who says it is 15 years since he had more than a fortnight's leave. Russ Bowman, professor of...
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Who got that job?
Michael Willis, chemistry lecturer, Chemical Research Laboratory, department of chemistry, Oxford University. Job advertised in The Times Higher , June 16, 2006 After two weeks of unpacking and...
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'The snake started moving. it gave me a big shock but we had to catch it'
A close encounter with a killer python in Florida has not deterred St Andrews PhD student Joanne Potts. As a young researcher, Joanne Potts had an early introduction to the rigours of fieldwork by...
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Ten-year v tenure: do academics need MOTs?
Perhaps university posts shouldn't be for life, but they shouldn't be just for Christmas, either, says Douglas Kell Every year, motor cars are put through MOT tests to assess their fitness for...
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Contractual errors 1
Elizabeth Barlow is indeed one of the lucky ones ("Life for PhD students is on the up", August 11). The Roberts review may have benefited researchers in the sciences and engineering and social...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council's David Phillips...