The PhD experience: this far, and no further
Five students on how doctoral study changed them and their futures
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Amnesia in the outback
An academic talks about her experience, the impact on her work and the long road to recovery
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Women trail men in securing research council grants
Research Councils UK analysis reveals gender difference in success rates
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Making time for Plan B (2 of 2)
While it is true that many PhD students and early career postdocs don't have a Plan B, and equally true that academic institutions can profit from their unrealised aspirations, not all universities...
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THE Scholarly Web - 23 January 2014
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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STEM the inertia on inequality
MPs have highlighted the problem of too few women in science, but more than words are needed to tackle the issue
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Post-docs cast their vote on "best place to work for postdocs 2004"
Brussels, 25 Nov 2003 Last year the international science magazine The Scientist invited readers in the USA, Canada and western Europe to give their opinions of the 'Best places to work for postdocs...
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Post-docs cast their vote on "best place to work for postdocs 2004"
Brussels, 25 Nov 2003 Last year the international science magazine The Scientist invited readers in the USA, Canada and western Europe to give their opinions of the 'Best places to work for postdocs...
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Is ‘academic citizenship’ under strain?
A wide range of essential under-the-radar tasks sustain academic culture, but who will perform them in an increasingly careerist academy?
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How to give the next generation of scholars a career boost
Holly Else examines European efforts to make academic career paths less challenging to navigate
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The ones to watch
Thanks to the Centre for Science and Policy, a constellation of UK research stars gathered recently at the Royal Society to hear Sir Mark Walport and others ponder “future directions for scientific...
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The Cosmic Cocktail: Three Parts Dark Matter, by Katherine Freese
Virginia Trimble on the search for the mysterious, magical secret ingredient of the universe
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The impact of impact
The REF’s formal assessment of the impact of academic work was highly controversial in theory: how did it play out in practice?
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Parenthood and academia: an impossible balance?
Male and female scholars speak frankly about juggling parenting and research
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Best University Workplace Survey 2015: results and analysis
The results show that most people in the sector enjoy their work and their colleagues, but some are happier than others