Brussels, 19 Jul 2006 Researchers have always been relatively mobile workers, and it is widely accepted that international cooperation and exchanges of ideas are essential for the advancement of...
Are the institutes of advanced study being set up across the UK simply research hotels where academics can enjoy precious thinking time or evidence of a fundamental shift in cutting-edge research?...
Those academics who spent at least part of the Easter break fantasising about escaping the burdens of university life should take heart from Dylan Evans, a Bath University lecturer. Dr Evans, a...
* Alison Lloyd , Cancer Research UK senior fellow in the Medical Research Council-funded Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at University College London, is a star researcher. She wants to...
The Royal Academy of Engineering will double the number of postdoctoral research fellowships it funds by teaming up with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. The academy's existing...
Generous funding and welcoming attitudes mean foreign academics are flooding into Canada and expats are returning. Stephen Strauss explains Ask Yanqin Wu why she and her husband decided to stay in...
The Engineering and Physical Science Research Council has rejected criticism this week that it is denying career opportunities to scientists by refusing to allow contract researchers to bid for...
The Engineering and Physical Science Research Council has rejected criticism this week that it is denying career opportunities to scientists by refusing to allow contract researchers to bid for...
Brussels, 08 Dec 2005 One of the oldest organisations supporting European research, COST (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research) is initiating reforms that will...
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...
Life for the foot soldiers of research has not altered much despite a pact to improve their lot, reports Claire Sanders It was billed by Science Minister Lord Sainsbury as a landmark agreement: in...
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...
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...
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...
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...