Do we need a Hippocratic oath for academics?
It is time to consider how we can stop senior academics bullying their way on to research papers, says Trisha Greenhalgh
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'Best and brightest' postdocs rewarded
Twenty newly qualified biomedical scientists have each received 拢250,000 awards from the Wellcome Trust in a new scheme to help postdoctoral students start their research careers, writes Louise...
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Wake up and value the potential of the postdoc
Early-career researchers can reinvigorate academe, but only if they are given support and job security, argues Paul Wicks Professors profess, lecturers lecture, students study and assistants assist....
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UK faces biomedical 鈥榖rain drain鈥, study warns
One in three scholars in field 鈥榙eeply concerned鈥 about future research career prospects
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Undergraduates as researchers: vital training, or box-ticking?
Students' work on quantum computing demonstrates their role on the front line of discovery
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Raising concerns
Students and postdocs, as well as administrative staff, will always be considered expendable when they conflict with a senior academic (鈥淟ife with an abusive lab boss: one postdoc鈥檚 story鈥, Opinion,...
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Part-time 鈥榩rivate鈥 professors: can they save niche subjects?
Medieval employment practice used by University of Amsterdam may help to preserve under-threat humanities disciplines, experts say
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Challenge and opportunity in Canada鈥檚 international student boom
Funding restraints mean that hype about double-digit rises in applications may not immediately translate into huge increases in enrolment
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Oxford academics challenge 鈥榗ompulsory retirement鈥 rules
Researchers have triggered another vote over rules they believe to be 鈥榰nlawful鈥 and 鈥榰nfair鈥
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Leader: Let's cherish our postdoc talents
Anyone who has slogged through school and university to gain a PhD and get a job as a postdoctoral researcher has already demonstrated their dedication to academic life. But too many promising...
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Interview with Isaac Larsen
We discuss the challenges facing early career researchers, parenthood and tearful graduations with the award-winning University of Massachusetts Amherst geoscientist
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鈥楩rench brain drain worse than imagined鈥
Lack of opportunities and local hiring practices have stopped many French scientists from returning to their homeland, a new study says
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Postdocs cover for teaching shortfall
When Birmingham University research fellow Silvia Ramos began teaching three years ago, it took her up to four hours to prepare for an hour's tutorial. Now she is a course supervisor for a fourth-...
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Research and rescue: how to make postdoc a career
Warwick v-c tasked with stopping 'smart kids' turning their backs on science tells Zoe Corbyn he 'has form'
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Not everyone at Oxford was ready for my three months as a full-time dad
Alex Holmes was surprised by the reaction of some of his colleagues when he took shared parental leave