To whinge is human, to be a fellow is divine
Research fellows should try a stint at the coalface, reckons Tim Birkhead Judging from the correspondence that followed a recent Times Higher article about "grumpy old staff", several other readers...
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Imperial tackles slide of science in schools
The falling popularity of science at schools and universities so worries Imperial College, London, that it plans to employ postdocs who will spend half their time on research and the rest teaching...
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Final stage of a long labour
It's been a long haul for the four PhD students The Times Higher is following. Michael North finds them pondering their next career moves. The arrival of a baby boy, Zeki, has made the last year of...
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French expert explains her concept of a 'new transaction space' for innovation
Brussels, 07 Mar 2005 Europe is not innovative enough when it comes to pedagogy geared towards the training of young researchers, and suffers from a lack of debate on the issue, says Marie-Claude...
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Balancing act is main bar to women in science
The struggle to balance work and family is the main challenge faced by female scientists and engineers in academe, according to a study presented to the annual meeting of the American Association for...
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Balancing act is main bar to women in science
The struggle to balance work and family is the main challenge faced by female scientists and engineers in academe, according to a study presented to the annual meeting of the American Association for...
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Lure high-flyers before they peak
If you want to recruit star researchers, rather than the 'extinct volcano' variety, you need to catch them on their way up, and lure them with a great team and abundant resources, says Harriet Swain...
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Strike gold with your grey cells
Being an academic is never going to make you a fortune in itself. But, says Harriet Swain, there is no reason why you shouldn't be able to track down some rich pickings in your intellectual...
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Shoved 'out in the cold'
When fixed-term contracts end, many academics are forced to work for free publishing papers to get back on the career ladder. Claire Sanders reports Two researchers who ended up working full time in...
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Chemistry lab culture fails to attract women
The number of young women who leave chemistry after postgraduate study is an "unforgivable waste", according to an eminent chemical engineer. Julia Higgins, professor of polymer science at Imperial...
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Nobel path to medical benefits
It came as a bit of a shock to Lisa Willats when, two weeks after she started her PhD, the men who pioneered her area of research, magnetic-resonance imaging, were awarded a Nobel prize. "It put a...
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Nobel path to medical benefits
It came as a bit of a shock to Lisa Willats when, two weeks after she started her PhD, the men who pioneered her area of research, magnetic-resonance imaging, were awarded a Nobel prize. "It put a...
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Thirty-somethings are sick of grumpy old staff
A generation gap divides academe. Jim Mills wants more senior members to stop moaning and smell the roses It was all good news as we met at the British Library. Most of us knew one another from...
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Post-9/11 visa rules disrupt academe
Tightened US visa requirements are disrupting international scientific collaborations and driving academic conferences and many foreign graduate and doctoral students overseas, some to the UK. Entry...
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Post-9/11 visa rules disrupt academe
Tightened US visa requirements are disrupting international scientific collaborations and driving academic conferences and many foreign graduate and doctoral students overseas, some to the UK. Entry...