Sick of academia? Try the military, says chief defence scientist
Australian armed forces need new blood but are also keen on exchange, says Tanya Monro
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Oxford postdoc ‘pushed out’ after authorship row, tribunal hears
Long-time postdoctoral scientist says he was ousted when he complained a professor had appropriated his own research
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Ukrainian research backed with creation of new maths institute
Four Fields Medal winners and former European Research Council president among advisory board for independent research institute
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Jessica Corner: reforms may ‘substantially shift’ REF weightings
New Research England head reflects on her roundabout route into academia and the future of research evaluation
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THE-Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings research success survey
Are research careers meritocratic? Do universities do enough to support researchers? Is impact more important than publications? Is interdisciplinarity the key to new discoveries? Can...
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Institutions ‘failing to support careers’, say young scientists
Survey of Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting attendees shows even those tipped for glory feel insecure and underdeveloped
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Germany’s female professors fund targets smaller universities
Fourth edition of ‘very effective’ programme will look more closely at recruitment processes and science disciplines
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Rise of Swedish right tipped to turn off international scholars
Lund University dean says many foreign researchers face ‘nuisance’ of an increasingly strict system
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US scientists wary of author publication fees under Biden order
Following order of 2025 deadline for taxpayer-funded science to be made freely available to the public, major scientific society warns of costs, especially for women and youth
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Review promised after post-92 PhDs ‘excluded’ from UK postdocs
Economic and Social Research Council will look again at criteria that exclude PhD graduates from most modern UK universities from applying for postdoctoral funding
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THE work-life balance survey 2022
Five years ago, a THE poll painted a bleak picture of work-life balance in the academy. Has the subsequent rise of homeworking eased the pressure? Or are ever-increasing workloads outweighing any...
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Interview with Vicky Avery
Drug discoverer talks about her caravan childhood, her frustration with process inefficiencies and why researchers need to understand the business side
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Internationalisation has not been harmed by the pandemic
New York University’s multiple sites around the world were instrumental in minimising Covid-related disruption, says Andrew Hamilton
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Postdocs ‘fear reprisals for calling out workplace abuse’
New project shines light on the discrimination and inequalities faced by precariously employed researchers at UK universities
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Northeastern’s redrawn doctorate seeks to turbocharge diversity
University hopes to build more diverse faculty by enriching PhD process with skills typically acquired in prolonged postdoc slog