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I am quite shocked that the number of 鈥済host鈥 authors is so high and that there are therefore a significant number of academics who are cutting out graduate students and postdocs from receiving...
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Large rate my professor study finds gender bias in comments
University of Illinois research finds 鈥榖rilliant鈥 or 鈥榞enius鈥 more often used to describe male academics
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Good scientist or successful academic? You can't be both
Reflecting on the plight of the early career scholar prompts Xenia Schmalz to draw up a research manifesto
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Academic fixed-term jobs changes in Germany split opinion
A new law to support early career researchers has reopened arguments over limits on the use of short-term contracts in the country
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Happily ever after? Advice for mid-career academics
Getting a permanent job is only the beginning, not a fairy-tale ending, says Helen De Cruz
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It鈥檚 not the end of the world if your research gets 鈥榮cooped鈥
Take it as a compliment if other people are doing similar studies to you, says Sam Schwarzkopf
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Does the REF motivate or discourage research staff?
Academics and policy advisers have given their verdict in a study exploring how the REF affects the day-to-day lives of scholars
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Mistakes I鈥檝e made as an early career researcher
Nicola Hemmings reflects on the slip-ups she made as she built her career in science, and offers advice on how to avoid them
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Project tempts pupils with chance to contribute to science
Budding scientists get a chance to enjoy 鈥榯hrill of discovery鈥 in research in schools project led by schoolteacher academic
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Postdoc reforms 'don't go far enough'
The Spanish government is to improve conditions for young researchers - but not nearly enough, says the country's Young Researchers' Federation (FJI). From January 2004, PhD students and...
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You do not need to work 80 hours a week to succeed in academia
Meghan Duffy thinks you can get on in academia without being chained to your desk
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Arts postdocs lead the pack in job stakes
Postdoctoral researchers in the social sciences and humanities are twice as likely to secure permanent posts in their universities than those in the biological and physical sciences, official figures...
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News blog: what鈥檚 the difference between Oxford and Cambridge?
John Morgan looks at the differences between Cambridge and Oxford on the 拢9,000 tuition cap 鈥 and the idea of 鈥榞oing private鈥